diff --git a/drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbcon.c b/drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbcon.c
index 1183e7a871f8..46823c2e2ba1 100644
--- a/drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbcon.c
+++ b/drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbcon.c
@@ -2399,11 +2399,9 @@ static int fbcon_do_set_font(struct vc_data *vc, int w, int h, int charcount,
 	struct fbcon_ops *ops = info->fbcon_par;
 	struct fbcon_display *p = &fb_display[vc->vc_num];
 	int resize, ret, old_userfont, old_width, old_height, old_charcount;
-	char *old_data = NULL;
+	u8 *old_data = vc->vc_font.data;
 
 	resize = (w != vc->vc_font.width) || (h != vc->vc_font.height);
-	if (p->userfont)
-		old_data = vc->vc_font.data;
 	vc->vc_font.data = (void *)(p->fontdata = data);
 	old_userfont = p->userfont;
 	if ((p->userfont = userfont))
@@ -2437,13 +2435,13 @@ static int fbcon_do_set_font(struct vc_data *vc, int w, int h, int charcount,
 		update_screen(vc);
 	}
 
-	if (old_data && (--REFCOUNT(old_data) == 0))
+	if (old_userfont && (--REFCOUNT(old_data) == 0))
 		kfree(old_data - FONT_EXTRA_WORDS * sizeof(int));
 	return 0;
 
 err_out:
 	p->fontdata = old_data;
-	vc->vc_font.data = (void *)old_data;
+	vc->vc_font.data = old_data;
 
 	if (userfont) {
 		p->userfont = old_userfont;