diff --git a/drivers/char/tty_io.c b/drivers/char/tty_io.c
index 0e6866f..a27160b 100644
--- a/drivers/char/tty_io.c
+++ b/drivers/char/tty_io.c
@@ -2496,45 +2496,25 @@
 }
 
 /**
- *	tiocswinsz		-	implement window size set ioctl
- *	@tty; tty
- *	@arg: user buffer for result
+ *	tty_do_resize		-	resize event
+ *	@tty: tty being resized
+ *	@real_tty: real tty (if using a pty/tty pair)
+ *	@rows: rows (character)
+ *	@cols: cols (character)
  *
- *	Copies the user idea of the window size to the kernel. Traditionally
- *	this is just advisory information but for the Linux console it
- *	actually has driver level meaning and triggers a VC resize.
- *
- *	Locking:
- *		Called function use the console_sem is used to ensure we do
- *	not try and resize the console twice at once.
- *		The tty->termios_mutex is used to ensure we don't double
- *	resize and get confused. Lock order - tty->termios_mutex before
- *	console sem
+ *	Update the termios variables and send the neccessary signals to
+ *	peform a terminal resize correctly
  */
 
-static int tiocswinsz(struct tty_struct *tty, struct tty_struct *real_tty,
-	struct winsize __user *arg)
+int tty_do_resize(struct tty_struct *tty, struct tty_struct *real_tty,
+					struct winsize *ws)
 {
-	struct winsize tmp_ws;
 	struct pid *pgrp, *rpgrp;
 	unsigned long flags;
 
-	if (copy_from_user(&tmp_ws, arg, sizeof(*arg)))
-		return -EFAULT;
-
 	mutex_lock(&tty->termios_mutex);
-	if (!memcmp(&tmp_ws, &tty->winsize, sizeof(*arg)))
+	if (!memcmp(ws, &tty->winsize, sizeof(*ws)))
 		goto done;
-
-#ifdef CONFIG_VT
-	if (tty->driver->type == TTY_DRIVER_TYPE_CONSOLE) {
-		if (vc_lock_resize(tty->driver_data, tmp_ws.ws_col,
-					tmp_ws.ws_row)) {
-			mutex_unlock(&tty->termios_mutex);
-			return -ENXIO;
-		}
-	}
-#endif
 	/* Get the PID values and reference them so we can
 	   avoid holding the tty ctrl lock while sending signals */
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&tty->ctrl_lock, flags);
@@ -2550,14 +2530,42 @@
 	put_pid(pgrp);
 	put_pid(rpgrp);
 
-	tty->winsize = tmp_ws;
-	real_tty->winsize = tmp_ws;
+	tty->winsize = *ws;
+	real_tty->winsize = *ws;
 done:
 	mutex_unlock(&tty->termios_mutex);
 	return 0;
 }
 
 /**
+ *	tiocswinsz		-	implement window size set ioctl
+ *	@tty; tty
+ *	@arg: user buffer for result
+ *
+ *	Copies the user idea of the window size to the kernel. Traditionally
+ *	this is just advisory information but for the Linux console it
+ *	actually has driver level meaning and triggers a VC resize.
+ *
+ *	Locking:
+ *		Driver dependant. The default do_resize method takes the
+ *	tty termios mutex and ctrl_lock. The console takes its own lock
+ *	then calls into the default method.
+ */
+
+static int tiocswinsz(struct tty_struct *tty, struct tty_struct *real_tty,
+	struct winsize __user *arg)
+{
+	struct winsize tmp_ws;
+	if (copy_from_user(&tmp_ws, arg, sizeof(*arg)))
+		return -EFAULT;
+
+	if (tty->ops->resize)
+		return tty->ops->resize(tty, real_tty, &tmp_ws);
+	else
+		return tty_do_resize(tty, real_tty, &tmp_ws);
+}
+
+/**
  *	tioccons	-	allow admin to move logical console
  *	@file: the file to become console
  *
diff --git a/drivers/char/vt.c b/drivers/char/vt.c
index 1bc00c9..60359c3 100644
--- a/drivers/char/vt.c
+++ b/drivers/char/vt.c
@@ -803,7 +803,25 @@
  */
 #define VC_RESIZE_MAXCOL (32767)
 #define VC_RESIZE_MAXROW (32767)
-int vc_resize(struct vc_data *vc, unsigned int cols, unsigned int lines)
+
+/**
+ *	vc_do_resize	-	resizing method for the tty
+ *	@tty: tty being resized
+ *	@real_tty: real tty (different to tty if a pty/tty pair)
+ *	@vc: virtual console private data
+ *	@cols: columns
+ *	@lines: lines
+ *
+ *	Resize a virtual console, clipping according to the actual constraints.
+ *	If the caller passes a tty structure then update the termios winsize
+ *	information and perform any neccessary signal handling.
+ *
+ *	Caller must hold the console semaphore. Takes the termios mutex and
+ *	ctrl_lock of the tty IFF a tty is passed.
+ */
+
+static int vc_do_resize(struct tty_struct *tty, struct tty_struct *real_tty,
+		struct vc_data *vc, unsigned int cols, unsigned int lines)
 {
 	unsigned long old_origin, new_origin, new_scr_end, rlth, rrem, err = 0;
 	unsigned int old_cols, old_rows, old_row_size, old_screen_size;
@@ -907,24 +925,15 @@
 	gotoxy(vc, vc->vc_x, vc->vc_y);
 	save_cur(vc);
 
-	if (vc->vc_tty) {
-		struct winsize ws, *cws = &vc->vc_tty->winsize;
-		struct pid *pgrp = NULL;
-
+	if (tty) {
+		/* Rewrite the requested winsize data with the actual
+		   resulting sizes */
+		struct winsize ws;
 		memset(&ws, 0, sizeof(ws));
 		ws.ws_row = vc->vc_rows;
 		ws.ws_col = vc->vc_cols;
 		ws.ws_ypixel = vc->vc_scan_lines;
-
-		spin_lock_irq(&vc->vc_tty->ctrl_lock);
-		if ((ws.ws_row != cws->ws_row || ws.ws_col != cws->ws_col))
-			pgrp = get_pid(vc->vc_tty->pgrp);
-		spin_unlock_irq(&vc->vc_tty->ctrl_lock);
-		if (pgrp) {
-			kill_pgrp(vc->vc_tty->pgrp, SIGWINCH, 1);
-			put_pid(pgrp);
-		}
-		*cws = ws;
+		tty_do_resize(tty, real_tty, &ws);
 	}
 
 	if (CON_IS_VISIBLE(vc))
@@ -932,14 +941,47 @@
 	return err;
 }
 
-int vc_lock_resize(struct vc_data *vc, unsigned int cols, unsigned int lines)
+/**
+ *	vc_resize		-	resize a VT
+ *	@vc: virtual console
+ *	@cols: columns
+ *	@rows: rows
+ *
+ *	Resize a virtual console as seen from the console end of things. We
+ *	use the common vc_do_resize methods to update the structures. The
+ *	caller must hold the console sem to protect console internals and
+ *	vc->vc_tty
+ */
+
+int vc_resize(struct vc_data *vc, unsigned int cols, unsigned int rows)
 {
-	int rc;
+	return vc_do_resize(vc->vc_tty, vc->vc_tty, vc, cols, rows);
+}
+
+/**
+ *	vt_resize		-	resize a VT
+ *	@tty: tty to resize
+ *	@real_tty: tty if a pty/tty pair
+ *	@ws: winsize attributes
+ *
+ *	Resize a virtual terminal. This is called by the tty layer as we
+ *	register our own handler for resizing. The mutual helper does all
+ *	the actual work.
+ *
+ *	Takes the console sem and the called methods then take the tty
+ *	termios_mutex and the tty ctrl_lock in that order.
+ */
+
+int vt_resize(struct tty_struct *tty, struct tty_struct *real_tty,
+	struct winsize *ws)
+{
+	struct vc_data *vc = tty->driver_data;
+	int ret;
 
 	acquire_console_sem();
-	rc = vc_resize(vc, cols, lines);
+	ret = vc_do_resize(tty, real_tty, vc, ws->ws_col, ws->ws_row);
 	release_console_sem();
-	return rc;
+	return ret;
 }
 
 void vc_deallocate(unsigned int currcons)
@@ -2907,6 +2949,7 @@
 	.start = con_start,
 	.throttle = con_throttle,
 	.unthrottle = con_unthrottle,
+	.resize = vt_resize,
 };
 
 int __init vty_init(void)
@@ -4061,7 +4104,6 @@
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(update_region);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(redraw_screen);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(vc_resize);
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(vc_lock_resize);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(fg_console);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(console_blank_hook);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(console_blanked);
diff --git a/drivers/char/vt_ioctl.c b/drivers/char/vt_ioctl.c
index 3211afd..c904e9a 100644
--- a/drivers/char/vt_ioctl.c
+++ b/drivers/char/vt_ioctl.c
@@ -947,14 +947,16 @@
 		    get_user(cc, &vtsizes->v_cols))
 			ret = -EFAULT;
 		else {
+			acquire_console_sem();
 			for (i = 0; i < MAX_NR_CONSOLES; i++) {
 				vc = vc_cons[i].d;
 
 				if (vc) {
 					vc->vc_resize_user = 1;
-					vc_lock_resize(vc_cons[i].d, cc, ll);
+					vc_resize(vc_cons[i].d, cc, ll);
 				}
 			}
+			release_console_sem();
 		}
 		break;
 	}