diff --git a/drivers/tty/vt/vt_ioctl.c b/drivers/tty/vt/vt_ioctl.c
index ede2ef1..6461854 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/vt/vt_ioctl.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/vt/vt_ioctl.c
@@ -910,7 +910,9 @@
 		ret = con_font_op(vc_cons[fg_console].d, &op);
 		if (ret)
 			break;
+		console_lock();
 		con_set_default_unimap(vc_cons[fg_console].d);
+		console_unlock();
 		break;
 		}
 #endif
@@ -934,33 +936,23 @@
 	case PIO_SCRNMAP:
 		if (!perm)
 			ret = -EPERM;
-		else {
-			tty_lock();
+		else
 			ret = con_set_trans_old(up);
-			tty_unlock();
-		}
 		break;
 
 	case GIO_SCRNMAP:
-		tty_lock();
 		ret = con_get_trans_old(up);
-		tty_unlock();
 		break;
 
 	case PIO_UNISCRNMAP:
 		if (!perm)
 			ret = -EPERM;
-		else {
-			tty_lock();
+		else
 			ret = con_set_trans_new(up);
-			tty_unlock();
-		}
 		break;
 
 	case GIO_UNISCRNMAP:
-		tty_lock();
 		ret = con_get_trans_new(up);
-		tty_unlock();
 		break;
 
 	case PIO_UNIMAPCLR:
@@ -970,19 +962,14 @@
 		ret = copy_from_user(&ui, up, sizeof(struct unimapinit));
 		if (ret)
 			ret = -EFAULT;
-		else {
-			tty_lock();
+		else
 			con_clear_unimap(vc, &ui);
-			tty_unlock();
-		}
 		break;
 	      }
 
 	case PIO_UNIMAP:
 	case GIO_UNIMAP:
-		tty_lock();
 		ret = do_unimap_ioctl(cmd, up, perm, vc);
-		tty_unlock();
 		break;
 
 	case VT_LOCKSWITCH:
@@ -1196,9 +1183,7 @@
 
 	case PIO_UNIMAP:
 	case GIO_UNIMAP:
-		tty_lock();
 		ret = compat_unimap_ioctl(cmd, up, perm, vc);
-		tty_unlock();
 		break;
 
 	/*