diff --git a/drivers/tty/hvc/hvc_xen.c b/drivers/tty/hvc/hvc_xen.c
index e61c36cbb866..6458c9f2ace0 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/hvc/hvc_xen.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/hvc/hvc_xen.c
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ static int dom0_write_console(uint32_t vtermno, const char *str, int len)
 {
 	int rc = HYPERVISOR_console_io(CONSOLEIO_write, len, (char *)str);
 	if (rc < 0)
-		return 0;
+		return rc;
 
 	return len;
 }
@@ -641,7 +641,22 @@ struct console xenboot_console = {
 
 void xen_raw_console_write(const char *str)
 {
-	dom0_write_console(0, str, strlen(str));
+	ssize_t len = strlen(str);
+	int rc = 0;
+
+	if (xen_domain()) {
+		rc = dom0_write_console(0, str, len);
+#ifdef CONFIG_X86
+		if (rc == -ENOSYS && xen_hvm_domain())
+			goto outb_print;
+
+	} else if (xen_cpuid_base()) {
+		int i;
+outb_print:
+		for (i = 0; i < len; i++)
+			outb(str[i], 0xe9);
+#endif
+	}
 }
 
 void xen_raw_printk(const char *fmt, ...)