diff --git a/drivers/tty/vt/vt.c b/drivers/tty/vt/vt.c
index 90305d569c06..d1da391febb4 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/vt/vt.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/vt/vt.c
@@ -760,46 +760,54 @@ static void visual_init(struct vc_data *vc, int num, int init)
 
 int vc_allocate(unsigned int currcons)	/* return 0 on success */
 {
+	struct vt_notifier_param param;
+	struct vc_data *vc;
+
 	WARN_CONSOLE_UNLOCKED();
 
 	if (currcons >= MAX_NR_CONSOLES)
 		return -ENXIO;
-	if (!vc_cons[currcons].d) {
-	    struct vc_data *vc;
-	    struct vt_notifier_param param;
 
-	    /* due to the granularity of kmalloc, we waste some memory here */
-	    /* the alloc is done in two steps, to optimize the common situation
-	       of a 25x80 console (structsize=216, screenbuf_size=4000) */
-	    /* although the numbers above are not valid since long ago, the
-	       point is still up-to-date and the comment still has its value
-	       even if only as a historical artifact.  --mj, July 1998 */
-	    param.vc = vc = kzalloc(sizeof(struct vc_data), GFP_KERNEL);
-	    if (!vc)
+	if (vc_cons[currcons].d)
+		return 0;
+
+	/* due to the granularity of kmalloc, we waste some memory here */
+	/* the alloc is done in two steps, to optimize the common situation
+	   of a 25x80 console (structsize=216, screenbuf_size=4000) */
+	/* although the numbers above are not valid since long ago, the
+	   point is still up-to-date and the comment still has its value
+	   even if only as a historical artifact.  --mj, July 1998 */
+	param.vc = vc = kzalloc(sizeof(struct vc_data), GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!vc)
 		return -ENOMEM;
-	    vc_cons[currcons].d = vc;
-	    tty_port_init(&vc->port);
-	    INIT_WORK(&vc_cons[currcons].SAK_work, vc_SAK);
-	    visual_init(vc, currcons, 1);
-	    if (!*vc->vc_uni_pagedir_loc)
+
+	vc_cons[currcons].d = vc;
+	tty_port_init(&vc->port);
+	INIT_WORK(&vc_cons[currcons].SAK_work, vc_SAK);
+
+	visual_init(vc, currcons, 1);
+
+	if (!*vc->vc_uni_pagedir_loc)
 		con_set_default_unimap(vc);
-	    vc->vc_screenbuf = kmalloc(vc->vc_screenbuf_size, GFP_KERNEL);
-	    if (!vc->vc_screenbuf) {
-		kfree(vc);
-		vc_cons[currcons].d = NULL;
-		return -ENOMEM;
-	    }
 
-	    /* If no drivers have overridden us and the user didn't pass a
-	       boot option, default to displaying the cursor */
-	    if (global_cursor_default == -1)
-		    global_cursor_default = 1;
+	vc->vc_screenbuf = kmalloc(vc->vc_screenbuf_size, GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!vc->vc_screenbuf)
+		goto err_free;
+
+	/* If no drivers have overridden us and the user didn't pass a
+	   boot option, default to displaying the cursor */
+	if (global_cursor_default == -1)
+		global_cursor_default = 1;
+
+	vc_init(vc, vc->vc_rows, vc->vc_cols, 1);
+	vcs_make_sysfs(currcons);
+	atomic_notifier_call_chain(&vt_notifier_list, VT_ALLOCATE, &param);
 
-	    vc_init(vc, vc->vc_rows, vc->vc_cols, 1);
-	    vcs_make_sysfs(currcons);
-	    atomic_notifier_call_chain(&vt_notifier_list, VT_ALLOCATE, &param);
-	}
 	return 0;
+err_free:
+	kfree(vc);
+	vc_cons[currcons].d = NULL;
+	return -ENOMEM;
 }
 
 static inline int resize_screen(struct vc_data *vc, int width, int height,