diff --git a/drivers/char/vt.c b/drivers/char/vt.c
index a5af6072e2b34760ade3cf63b879dd16f4015957..008176edbd64511148ac5e1e40d21d3fbf1883d5 100644
--- a/drivers/char/vt.c
+++ b/drivers/char/vt.c
@@ -2274,7 +2274,7 @@ static int do_con_write(struct tty_struct *tty, const unsigned char *buf, int co
 				    continue; /* nothing to display */
 				}
 				/* Glyph not found */
-				if ((!(vc->vc_utf && !vc->vc_disp_ctrl) || c < 128) && !(c & ~charmask)) {
+				if ((!(vc->vc_utf && !vc->vc_disp_ctrl) && c < 128) && !(c & ~charmask)) {
 				    /* In legacy mode use the glyph we get by a 1:1 mapping.
 				       This would make absolutely no sense with Unicode in mind,
 				       but do this for ASCII characters since a font may lack