diff --git a/tools/lguest/lguest.c b/tools/lguest/lguest.c
index e3c4d3d7dc2a..7cc1fed1094d 100644
--- a/tools/lguest/lguest.c
+++ b/tools/lguest/lguest.c
@@ -2773,6 +2773,9 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 		}
 	}
 
+	/* We always have a console device, and it's always device 1. */
+	setup_console();
+
 	/* The options are fairly straight-forward */
 	while ((c = getopt_long(argc, argv, "v", opts, NULL)) != EOF) {
 		switch (c) {
@@ -2813,9 +2816,6 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 
 	verbose("Guest base is at %p\n", guest_base);
 
-	/* We always have a console device */
-	setup_console();
-
 	/* Initialize the (fake) PCI host bridge device. */
 	init_pci_host_bridge();