diff --git a/drivers/tty/vt/vt_ioctl.c b/drivers/tty/vt/vt_ioctl.c
index a78ad10a119b5b17e53e7391d2f73057193f4c1e..73cdc0d633dd62c12e6ed1ca6545846b8dabaa09 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/vt/vt_ioctl.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/vt/vt_ioctl.c
@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@
 #include <asm/io.h>
 #include <linux/uaccess.h>
 
+#include <linux/nospec.h>
+
 #include <linux/kbd_kern.h>
 #include <linux/vt_kern.h>
 #include <linux/kbd_diacr.h>
@@ -700,6 +702,8 @@ int vt_ioctl(struct tty_struct *tty,
 		if (vsa.console == 0 || vsa.console > MAX_NR_CONSOLES)
 			ret = -ENXIO;
 		else {
+			vsa.console = array_index_nospec(vsa.console,
+							 MAX_NR_CONSOLES + 1);
 			vsa.console--;
 			console_lock();
 			ret = vc_allocate(vsa.console);