diff --git a/drivers/tty/vt/vt.c b/drivers/tty/vt/vt.c
index 42d8c67..952a067 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/vt/vt.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/vt/vt.c
@@ -1217,7 +1217,24 @@ static int vc_do_resize(struct tty_struct *tty, struct vc_data *vc,
 
 	if (new_cols == vc->vc_cols && new_rows == vc->vc_rows)
 		return 0;
+	if (new_screen_size > KMALLOC_MAX_SIZE || !new_screen_size)
+		return -EINVAL;
 
+	/*
+	 * Since fbcon_resize() from resize_screen() can recurse into
+	 * this function via fb_set_var(), handle recursion now.
+	 */
+	err = resize_screen(vc, new_cols, new_rows, user);
+	if (err)
+		return err;
+	/* Reload values in case recursion changed vc->vc_{cols,rows}. */
+	new_cols = (cols ? cols : vc->vc_cols);
+	new_rows = (lines ? lines : vc->vc_rows);
+	new_row_size = new_cols << 1;
+	new_screen_size = new_row_size * new_rows;
+
+	if (new_cols == vc->vc_cols && new_rows == vc->vc_rows)
+		return 0;
 	if (new_screen_size > KMALLOC_MAX_SIZE || !new_screen_size)
 		return -EINVAL;
 	newscreen = kzalloc(new_screen_size, GFP_USER);
@@ -1238,13 +1255,6 @@ static int vc_do_resize(struct tty_struct *tty, struct vc_data *vc,
 	old_rows = vc->vc_rows;
 	old_row_size = vc->vc_size_row;
 
-	err = resize_screen(vc, new_cols, new_rows, user);
-	if (err) {
-		kfree(newscreen);
-		vc_uniscr_free(new_uniscr);
-		return err;
-	}
-
 	vc->vc_rows = new_rows;
 	vc->vc_cols = new_cols;
 	vc->vc_size_row = new_row_size;