diff --git a/drivers/tty/tty_port.c b/drivers/tty/tty_port.c
index cb6075096a5b..044c3cbdcfa4 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/tty_port.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/tty_port.c
@@ -633,7 +633,8 @@ void tty_port_close(struct tty_port *port, struct tty_struct *tty,
 	if (tty_port_close_start(port, tty, filp) == 0)
 		return;
 	tty_port_shutdown(port, tty);
-	set_bit(TTY_IO_ERROR, &tty->flags);
+	if (!port->console)
+		set_bit(TTY_IO_ERROR, &tty->flags);
 	tty_port_close_end(port, tty);
 	tty_port_tty_set(port, NULL);
 }