diff --git a/drivers/char/vc_screen.c b/drivers/char/vc_screen.c
index f66c7ad6fd387772b78799fad82464f0971d773d..3c1dafaa3441eacbeae9e2f924219fd5fea5e5fe 100644
--- a/drivers/char/vc_screen.c
+++ b/drivers/char/vc_screen.c
@@ -419,7 +419,7 @@ vcs_write(struct file *file, const char __user *buf, size_t count, loff_t *ppos)
 			while (this_round > 1) {
 				unsigned short w;
 
-				w = get_unaligned(((const unsigned short *)con_buf0));
+				w = get_unaligned(((unsigned short *)con_buf0));
 				vcs_scr_writew(vc, w, org++);
 				con_buf0 += 2;
 				this_round -= 2;