diff --git a/drivers/char/vt.c b/drivers/char/vt.c
index 08151d4de489..c796a86ab7f3 100644
--- a/drivers/char/vt.c
+++ b/drivers/char/vt.c
@@ -95,7 +95,6 @@
 #include <linux/timer.h>
 #include <linux/interrupt.h>
 #include <linux/workqueue.h>
-#include <linux/bootmem.h>
 #include <linux/pm.h>
 #include <linux/font.h>
 #include <linux/bitops.h>
@@ -2875,14 +2874,11 @@ static int __init con_init(void)
 		mod_timer(&console_timer, jiffies + blankinterval);
 	}
 
-	/*
-	 * kmalloc is not running yet - we use the bootmem allocator.
-	 */
 	for (currcons = 0; currcons < MIN_NR_CONSOLES; currcons++) {
-		vc_cons[currcons].d = vc = alloc_bootmem(sizeof(struct vc_data));
+		vc_cons[currcons].d = vc = kzalloc(sizeof(struct vc_data), GFP_NOWAIT);
 		INIT_WORK(&vc_cons[currcons].SAK_work, vc_SAK);
 		visual_init(vc, currcons, 1);
-		vc->vc_screenbuf = (unsigned short *)alloc_bootmem(vc->vc_screenbuf_size);
+		vc->vc_screenbuf = kzalloc(vc->vc_screenbuf_size, GFP_NOWAIT);
 		vc->vc_kmalloced = 0;
 		vc_init(vc, vc->vc_rows, vc->vc_cols,
 			currcons || !vc->vc_sw->con_save_screen);