struct fb_info *info = fbcon_info_from_console(vc->vc_num);
        struct fbcon_ops *ops = info->fbcon_par;
        struct fbcon_display *p = &fb_display[vc->vc_num];
-       int resize;
+       int resize, ret, old_userfont, old_width, old_height, old_charcount;
        char *old_data = NULL;
 
        resize = (w != vc->vc_font.width) || (h != vc->vc_font.height);
        if (p->userfont)
                old_data = vc->vc_font.data;
        vc->vc_font.data = (void *)(p->fontdata = data);
+       old_userfont = p->userfont;
        if ((p->userfont = userfont))
                REFCOUNT(data)++;
+
+       old_width = vc->vc_font.width;
+       old_height = vc->vc_font.height;
+       old_charcount = vc->vc_font.charcount;
+
        vc->vc_font.width = w;
        vc->vc_font.height = h;
        vc->vc_font.charcount = charcount;
                rows = FBCON_SWAP(ops->rotate, info->var.yres, info->var.xres);
                cols /= w;
                rows /= h;
-               vc_resize(vc, cols, rows);
+               ret = vc_resize(vc, cols, rows);
+               if (ret)
+                       goto err_out;
        } else if (con_is_visible(vc)
                   && vc->vc_mode == KD_TEXT) {
                fbcon_clear_margins(vc, 0);
        if (old_data && (--REFCOUNT(old_data) == 0))
                kfree(old_data - FONT_EXTRA_WORDS * sizeof(int));
        return 0;
+
+err_out:
+       p->fontdata = old_data;
+       vc->vc_font.data = (void *)old_data;
+
+       if (userfont) {
+               p->userfont = old_userfont;
+               REFCOUNT(data)--;
+       }
+
+       vc->vc_font.width = old_width;
+       vc->vc_font.height = old_height;
+       vc->vc_font.charcount = old_charcount;
+
+       return ret;
 }
 
 /*