diff --git a/src/basic/terminal-util.c b/src/basic/terminal-util.c
index 5b6cd7e316..cf6af45fbb 100644
--- a/src/basic/terminal-util.c
+++ b/src/basic/terminal-util.c
@@ -1260,36 +1260,12 @@ int vt_default_utf8(void) {
         return parse_boolean(b);
 }
 
-int vt_verify_kbmode(int fd) {
-        int curr_mode;
-
-        /*
-         * Make sure we only adjust consoles in K_XLATE or K_UNICODE mode.
-         * Otherwise we would (likely) interfere with X11's processing of the
-         * key events.
-         *
-         * http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2013-February/008573.html
-         */
-
-        if (ioctl(fd, KDGKBMODE, &curr_mode) < 0)
-                return -errno;
-
-        return IN_SET(curr_mode, K_XLATE, K_UNICODE) ? 0 : -EBUSY;
-}
-
 int vt_reset_keyboard(int fd) {
-        int kb, r;
+        int kb;
 
         /* If we can't read the default, then default to unicode. It's 2017 after all. */
         kb = vt_default_utf8() != 0 ? K_UNICODE : K_XLATE;
 
-        r = vt_verify_kbmode(fd);
-        if (r == -EBUSY) {
-                log_debug_errno(r, "Keyboard is not in XLATE or UNICODE mode, not resetting: %m");
-                return 0;
-        } else if (r < 0)
-                return r;
-
         if (ioctl(fd, KDSKBMODE, kb) < 0)
                 return -errno;
 
diff --git a/src/basic/terminal-util.h b/src/basic/terminal-util.h
index 3e39768ab1..efc22b1591 100644
--- a/src/basic/terminal-util.h
+++ b/src/basic/terminal-util.h
@@ -158,7 +158,6 @@ int openpt_allocate_in_namespace(pid_t pid, int flags, char **ret_slave);
 int open_terminal_in_namespace(pid_t pid, const char *name, int mode);
 
 int vt_default_utf8(void);
-int vt_verify_kbmode(int fd);
 int vt_reset_keyboard(int fd);
 int vt_restore(int fd);
 int vt_release(int fd, bool restore_vt);
diff --git a/src/vconsole/vconsole-setup.c b/src/vconsole/vconsole-setup.c
index d2bc3921d2..75d052ae70 100644
--- a/src/vconsole/vconsole-setup.c
+++ b/src/vconsole/vconsole-setup.c
@@ -70,18 +70,29 @@ static int verify_vc_allocation_byfd(int fd) {
         return verify_vc_allocation(vcs.v_active);
 }
 
-static int toggle_utf8(const char *name, int fd, bool utf8) {
+static int verify_vc_kbmode(int fd) {
+        int curr_mode;
+
+        /*
+         * Make sure we only adjust consoles in K_XLATE or K_UNICODE mode.
+         * Otherwise we would (likely) interfere with X11's processing of the
+         * key events.
+         *
+         * http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2013-February/008573.html
+         */
+
+        if (ioctl(fd, KDGKBMODE, &curr_mode) < 0)
+                return -errno;
+
+        return IN_SET(curr_mode, K_XLATE, K_UNICODE) ? 0 : -EBUSY;
+}
+
+static int toggle_utf8_vc(const char *name, int fd, bool utf8) {
         int r;
         struct termios tc = {};
 
         assert(name);
-
-        r = vt_verify_kbmode(fd);
-        if (r == -EBUSY) {
-                log_warning_errno(r, "Virtual console %s is not in K_XLATE or K_UNICODE: %m", name);
-                return 0;
-        } else if (r < 0)
-                return log_warning_errno(r, "Failed to verify kbdmode on %s: %m", name);
+        assert(fd >= 0);
 
         r = ioctl(fd, KDSKBMODE, utf8 ? K_UNICODE : K_XLATE);
         if (r < 0)
@@ -280,10 +291,10 @@ static void setup_remaining_vcs(int src_fd, unsigned src_idx, bool utf8) {
                         continue;
                 }
 
-                if (vt_verify_kbmode(fd_d) < 0)
+                if (verify_vc_kbmode(fd_d) < 0)
                         continue;
 
-                toggle_utf8(ttyname, fd_d, utf8);
+                (void) toggle_utf8_vc(ttyname, fd_d, utf8);
 
                 if (cfo.op != KD_FONT_OP_SET)
                         continue;
@@ -355,7 +366,7 @@ static int find_source_vc(char **ret_path, unsigned *ret_idx) {
                                 err = -fd;
                         continue;
                 }
-                r = vt_verify_kbmode(fd);
+                r = verify_vc_kbmode(fd);
                 if (r < 0) {
                         if (!err)
                                 err = -r;
@@ -388,7 +399,7 @@ static int verify_source_vc(char **ret_path, const char *src_vc) {
         if (r < 0)
                 return log_error_errno(r, "Virtual console %s is not allocated: %m", src_vc);
 
-        r = vt_verify_kbmode(fd);
+        r = verify_vc_kbmode(fd);
         if (r < 0)
                 return log_error_errno(r, "Virtual console %s is not in K_XLATE or K_UNICODE: %m", src_vc);
 
@@ -448,7 +459,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
                 log_warning_errno(r, "Failed to read /proc/cmdline: %m");
 
         (void) toggle_utf8_sysfs(utf8);
-        (void) toggle_utf8(vc, fd, utf8);
+        (void) toggle_utf8_vc(vc, fd, utf8);
 
         r = font_load_and_wait(vc, vc_font, vc_font_map, vc_font_unimap);
         keyboard_ok = keyboard_load_and_wait(vc, vc_keymap, vc_keymap_toggle, utf8) == 0;