diff --git a/drivers/tty/vt/vt.c b/drivers/tty/vt/vt.c
index dc125322f48f..5b0fe97c46ca 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/vt/vt.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/vt/vt.c
@@ -750,6 +750,7 @@ static void visual_init(struct vc_data *vc, int num, int init)
 	vc->vc_complement_mask = 0;
 	vc->vc_can_do_color = 0;
 	vc->vc_panic_force_write = false;
+	vc->vc_cur_blink_ms = DEFAULT_CURSOR_BLINK_MS;
 	vc->vc_sw->con_init(vc, init);
 	if (!vc->vc_complement_mask)
 		vc->vc_complement_mask = vc->vc_can_do_color ? 0x7700 : 0x0800;