diff -puN drivers/char/vt.c~a drivers/char/vt.c
--- 25/drivers/char/vt.c~a	2004-03-24 09:49:10.285591688 -0800
+++ 25-akpm/drivers/char/vt.c	2004-03-24 09:50:54.355770616 -0800
@@ -2471,10 +2471,13 @@ static int con_open(struct tty_struct *t
 				tty->winsize.ws_row = video_num_lines;
 				tty->winsize.ws_col = video_num_columns;
 			}
+			release_console_sem();
 			vcs_make_devfs(tty);
+			goto out;
 		}
 	}
 	release_console_sem();
+out:
 	return ret;
 }
 
@@ -2484,11 +2487,13 @@ static void con_close(struct tty_struct 
 	if (tty && tty->count == 1) {
 		struct vt_struct *vt;
 
-		vcs_remove_devfs(tty);
 		vt = tty->driver_data;
 		if (vt)
 			vc_cons[vt->vc_num].d->vc_tty = NULL;
 		tty->driver_data = 0;
+		release_console_sem();
+		vcs_remove_devfs(tty);
+		return;
 	}
 	release_console_sem();
 }

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