diff --git a/drivers/tty/vt/vt_ioctl.c b/drivers/tty/vt/vt_ioctl.c
index 5e096f43bcea..65447c5f91d7 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/vt/vt_ioctl.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/vt/vt_ioctl.c
@@ -1463,7 +1463,6 @@ compat_kdfontop_ioctl(struct compat_console_font_op __user *fontop,
 	if (!perm && op->op != KD_FONT_OP_GET)
 		return -EPERM;
 	op->data = compat_ptr(((struct compat_console_font_op *)op)->data);
-	op->flags |= KD_FONT_FLAG_OLD;
 	i = con_font_op(vc, op);
 	if (i)
 		return i;