diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/imx.c b/drivers/tty/serial/imx.c
index dff75dc947311cd588437363db8578cf8f180351..8b752e8950537d4ec706c0dace302e8b00230f53 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/serial/imx.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/serial/imx.c
@@ -1165,7 +1165,6 @@ static void imx_uart_clear_rx_errors(struct imx_port *sport)
 			sport->port.icount.buf_overrun++;
 		tty_flip_buffer_push(port);
 	} else {
-		dev_err(sport->port.dev, "DMA transaction error.\n");
 		if (usr1 & USR1_FRAMERR) {
 			sport->port.icount.frame++;
 			imx_uart_writel(sport, USR1_FRAMERR, USR1);
diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/max310x.c b/drivers/tty/serial/max310x.c
index 450ba6d7996c229e7e3a796439f8e6caa1dbaebb..e5aebbf5f302f06c7128bd9c0f9433d8e677b142 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/serial/max310x.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/serial/max310x.c
@@ -581,7 +581,7 @@ static int max310x_set_ref_clk(struct device *dev, struct max310x_port *s,
 	}
 
 	/* Configure clock source */
-	clksrc = xtal ? MAX310X_CLKSRC_CRYST_BIT : MAX310X_CLKSRC_EXTCLK_BIT;
+	clksrc = MAX310X_CLKSRC_EXTCLK_BIT | (xtal ? MAX310X_CLKSRC_CRYST_BIT : 0);
 
 	/* Configure PLL */
 	if (pllcfg) {
diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/msm_serial.c b/drivers/tty/serial/msm_serial.c
index 109096033bb17a76e99369edc1cec534ebd93afe..23833ad952ba3aa7ad64d1314618536790f8af19 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/serial/msm_serial.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/serial/msm_serial.c
@@ -860,6 +860,7 @@ static void msm_handle_tx(struct uart_port *port)
 	struct circ_buf *xmit = &msm_port->uart.state->xmit;
 	struct msm_dma *dma = &msm_port->tx_dma;
 	unsigned int pio_count, dma_count, dma_min;
+	char buf[4] = { 0 };
 	void __iomem *tf;
 	int err = 0;
 
@@ -869,10 +870,12 @@ static void msm_handle_tx(struct uart_port *port)
 		else
 			tf = port->membase + UART_TF;
 
+		buf[0] = port->x_char;
+
 		if (msm_port->is_uartdm)
 			msm_reset_dm_count(port, 1);
 
-		iowrite8_rep(tf, &port->x_char, 1);
+		iowrite32_rep(tf, buf, 1);
 		port->icount.tx++;
 		port->x_char = 0;
 		return;
diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/sh-sci.c b/drivers/tty/serial/sh-sci.c
index 3cd139752d3f70f9dfce1fe2c43f3eab03cf433a..abc705716aa094fde652c3bc77c18210a5b8b280 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/serial/sh-sci.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/serial/sh-sci.c
@@ -1557,6 +1557,13 @@ static void sci_request_dma(struct uart_port *port)
 
 	dev_dbg(port->dev, "%s: port %d\n", __func__, port->line);
 
+	/*
+	 * DMA on console may interfere with Kernel log messages which use
+	 * plain putchar(). So, simply don't use it with a console.
+	 */
+	if (uart_console(port))
+		return;
+
 	if (!port->dev->of_node)
 		return;
 
diff --git a/drivers/tty/vt/vt.c b/drivers/tty/vt/vt.c
index fdd12f8c3deb351cbed5aa2b3b43e517adafc3fb..5c0ca1c24b6f619a6272d04f3b22089c40aaa437 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/vt/vt.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/vt/vt.c
@@ -1056,6 +1056,13 @@ static void visual_init(struct vc_data *vc, int num, int init)
 	vc->vc_screenbuf_size = vc->vc_rows * vc->vc_size_row;
 }
 
+
+static void visual_deinit(struct vc_data *vc)
+{
+	vc->vc_sw->con_deinit(vc);
+	module_put(vc->vc_sw->owner);
+}
+
 int vc_allocate(unsigned int currcons)	/* return 0 on success */
 {
 	struct vt_notifier_param param;
@@ -1103,6 +1110,7 @@ int vc_allocate(unsigned int currcons)	/* return 0 on success */
 
 	return 0;
 err_free:
+	visual_deinit(vc);
 	kfree(vc);
 	vc_cons[currcons].d = NULL;
 	return -ENOMEM;
@@ -1331,9 +1339,8 @@ struct vc_data *vc_deallocate(unsigned int currcons)
 		param.vc = vc = vc_cons[currcons].d;
 		atomic_notifier_call_chain(&vt_notifier_list, VT_DEALLOCATE, &param);
 		vcs_remove_sysfs(currcons);
-		vc->vc_sw->con_deinit(vc);
+		visual_deinit(vc);
 		put_pid(vc->vt_pid);
-		module_put(vc->vc_sw->owner);
 		vc_uniscr_set(vc, NULL);
 		kfree(vc->vc_screenbuf);
 		vc_cons[currcons].d = NULL;
diff --git a/drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbcon.c b/drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbcon.c
index 786f9aab55df6bdd4bb5504010b453c9991bd076..a9c69ae3087833d92a5ab95eb8ab265c094ccdd7 100644
--- a/drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbcon.c
+++ b/drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbcon.c
@@ -1248,7 +1248,7 @@ static void fbcon_deinit(struct vc_data *vc)
 	if (free_font)
 		vc->vc_font.data = NULL;
 
-	if (vc->vc_hi_font_mask)
+	if (vc->vc_hi_font_mask && vc->vc_screenbuf)
 		set_vc_hi_font(vc, false);
 
 	if (!con_is_bound(&fb_con))