diff --git a/kernel/panic.c b/kernel/panic.c
index bdd18afa19a4..32ff6fd30201 100644
--- a/kernel/panic.c
+++ b/kernel/panic.c
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 #include <linux/kmsg_dump.h>
 #include <linux/kallsyms.h>
 #include <linux/notifier.h>
+#include <linux/vt_kern.h>
 #include <linux/module.h>
 #include <linux/random.h>
 #include <linux/ftrace.h>
@@ -230,7 +231,10 @@ void panic(const char *fmt, ...)
 	if (_crash_kexec_post_notifiers)
 		__crash_kexec(NULL);
 
-	bust_spinlocks(0);
+#ifdef CONFIG_VT
+	unblank_screen();
+#endif
+	console_unblank();
 
 	/*
 	 * We may have ended up stopping the CPU holding the lock (in