diff --git a/drivers/tty/vt/vt.c b/drivers/tty/vt/vt.c
index 8fe52989b380..4462d167900c 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/vt/vt.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/vt/vt.c
@@ -742,6 +742,8 @@ static void visual_init(struct vc_data *vc, int num, int init)
 	__module_get(vc->vc_sw->owner);
 	vc->vc_num = num;
 	vc->vc_display_fg = &master_display_fg;
+	if (vc->vc_uni_pagedir_loc)
+		con_free_unimap(vc);
 	vc->vc_uni_pagedir_loc = &vc->vc_uni_pagedir;
 	vc->vc_uni_pagedir = NULL;
 	vc->vc_hi_font_mask = 0;