diff --git a/drivers/tty/vt/vt.c b/drivers/tty/vt/vt.c
index b3915b7ad3e2..e716839fab6e 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/vt/vt.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/vt/vt.c
@@ -259,7 +259,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(unregister_vt_notifier);
 
 static void notify_write(struct vc_data *vc, unsigned int unicode)
 {
-	struct vt_notifier_param param = { .vc = vc, unicode = unicode };
+	struct vt_notifier_param param = { .vc = vc, .c = unicode };
 	atomic_notifier_call_chain(&vt_notifier_list, VT_WRITE, &param);
 }