diff --git a/drivers/tty/vt/vt.c b/drivers/tty/vt/vt.c
index 4d29e4a17db7..2cb515dbda53 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/vt/vt.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/vt/vt.c
@@ -154,6 +154,7 @@ static void console_callback(struct work_struct *ignored);
 static void con_driver_unregister_callback(struct work_struct *ignored);
 static void blank_screen_t(struct timer_list *unused);
 static void set_palette(struct vc_data *vc);
+static void unblank_screen(void);
 
 #define vt_get_kmsg_redirect() vt_kmsg_redirect(-1)
 
@@ -4448,7 +4449,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(do_unblank_screen);
  * call it with 1 as an argument and so force a mode restore... that may kill
  * X or at least garbage the screen but would also make the Oops visible...
  */
-void unblank_screen(void)
+static void unblank_screen(void)
 {
 	do_unblank_screen(0);
 }
diff --git a/include/linux/vt_kern.h b/include/linux/vt_kern.h
index b5ab452fca5b..c1f5aebef170 100644
--- a/include/linux/vt_kern.h
+++ b/include/linux/vt_kern.h
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ struct vc_data *vc_deallocate(unsigned int console);
 void reset_palette(struct vc_data *vc);
 void do_blank_screen(int entering_gfx);
 void do_unblank_screen(int leaving_gfx);
-void unblank_screen(void);
 void poke_blanked_console(void);
 int con_font_op(struct vc_data *vc, struct console_font_op *op);
 int con_set_cmap(unsigned char __user *cmap);
diff --git a/kernel/panic.c b/kernel/panic.c
index c6eb8f8db0c0..da323209f583 100644
--- a/kernel/panic.c
+++ b/kernel/panic.c
@@ -329,9 +329,6 @@ void panic(const char *fmt, ...)
 	if (_crash_kexec_post_notifiers)
 		__crash_kexec(NULL);
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_VT
-	unblank_screen();
-#endif
 	console_unblank();
 
 	/*
diff --git a/lib/bust_spinlocks.c b/lib/bust_spinlocks.c
index 8be59f84eaea..bfd53972a4d8 100644
--- a/lib/bust_spinlocks.c
+++ b/lib/bust_spinlocks.c
@@ -22,9 +22,6 @@ void bust_spinlocks(int yes)
 	if (yes) {
 		++oops_in_progress;
 	} else {
-#ifdef CONFIG_VT
-		unblank_screen();
-#endif
 		console_unblank();
 		if (--oops_in_progress == 0)
 			wake_up_klogd();