diff --git a/drivers/tty/vt/consolemap.c b/drivers/tty/vt/consolemap.c
index 610b720d3b91789b6f55c618b08535d53edc99c3..59b25e039968596372764e9c5ddd6b92f1a8e045 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/vt/consolemap.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/vt/consolemap.c
@@ -539,6 +539,12 @@ int con_set_unimap(struct vc_data *vc, ushort ct, struct unipair __user *list)
 
 	/* Save original vc_unipagdir_loc in case we allocate a new one */
 	p = *vc->vc_uni_pagedir_loc;
+
+	if (!p) {
+		err = -EINVAL;
+
+		goto out_unlock;
+	}
 	
 	if (p->refcount > 1) {
 		int j, k;
@@ -623,6 +629,7 @@ int con_set_unimap(struct vc_data *vc, ushort ct, struct unipair __user *list)
 		set_inverse_transl(vc, p, i); /* Update inverse translations */
 	set_inverse_trans_unicode(vc, p);
 
+out_unlock:
 	console_unlock();
 	return err;
 }