diff --git a/drivers/tty/tty_io.c b/drivers/tty/tty_io.c
index c74a00ad7add..d3448a90f0f9 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/tty_io.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/tty_io.c
@@ -1271,12 +1271,13 @@ static void pty_line_name(struct tty_driver *driver, int index, char *p)
  *
  *	Locking: None
  */
-static void tty_line_name(struct tty_driver *driver, int index, char *p)
+static ssize_t tty_line_name(struct tty_driver *driver, int index, char *p)
 {
 	if (driver->flags & TTY_DRIVER_UNNUMBERED_NODE)
-		strcpy(p, driver->name);
+		return sprintf(p, "%s", driver->name);
 	else
-		sprintf(p, "%s%d", driver->name, index + driver->name_base);
+		return sprintf(p, "%s%d", driver->name,
+			       index + driver->name_base);
 }
 
 /**
@@ -3545,9 +3546,19 @@ static ssize_t show_cons_active(struct device *dev,
 		if (i >= ARRAY_SIZE(cs))
 			break;
 	}
-	while (i--)
-		count += sprintf(buf + count, "%s%d%c",
-				 cs[i]->name, cs[i]->index, i ? ' ':'\n');
+	while (i--) {
+		int index = cs[i]->index;
+		struct tty_driver *drv = cs[i]->device(cs[i], &index);
+
+		/* don't resolve tty0 as some programs depend on it */
+		if (drv && (cs[i]->index > 0 || drv->major != TTY_MAJOR))
+			count += tty_line_name(drv, index, buf + count);
+		else
+			count += sprintf(buf + count, "%s%d",
+					 cs[i]->name, cs[i]->index);
+
+		count += sprintf(buf + count, "%c", i ? ' ':'\n');
+	}
 	console_unlock();
 
 	return count;