diff --git a/drivers/tty/vt/selection.c b/drivers/tty/vt/selection.c
index 368ce18..b301a7c 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/vt/selection.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/vt/selection.c
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 #include <linux/tty.h>
 #include <linux/sched.h>
 #include <linux/mm.h>
+#include <linux/mutex.h>
 #include <linux/slab.h>
 #include <linux/types.h>
 
@@ -40,6 +41,7 @@
 static int sel_end;
 static int sel_buffer_lth;
 static char *sel_buffer;
+static DEFINE_MUTEX(sel_lock);
 
 /* clear_selection, highlight and highlight_pointer can be called
    from interrupt (via scrollback/front) */
@@ -156,14 +158,14 @@
  *	The entire selection process is managed under the console_lock. It's
  *	 a lot under the lock but its hardly a performance path
  */
-int set_selection(const struct tiocl_selection __user *sel, struct tty_struct *tty)
+static int __set_selection(const struct tiocl_selection __user *sel, struct tty_struct *tty)
 {
 	struct vc_data *vc = vc_cons[fg_console].d;
 	int sel_mode, new_sel_start, new_sel_end, spc;
 	char *bp, *obp;
 	int i, ps, pe, multiplier;
 	u16 c;
-	int mode;
+	int mode, ret = 0;
 
 	poke_blanked_console();
 
@@ -324,7 +326,21 @@
 		}
 	}
 	sel_buffer_lth = bp - sel_buffer;
-	return 0;
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
+int set_selection(const struct tiocl_selection __user *v, struct tty_struct *tty)
+{
+	int ret;
+
+	mutex_lock(&sel_lock);
+	console_lock();
+	ret = __set_selection(v, tty);
+	console_unlock();
+	mutex_unlock(&sel_lock);
+
+	return ret;
 }
 
 /* Insert the contents of the selection buffer into the
@@ -352,10 +368,13 @@
 	tty_buffer_lock_exclusive(&vc->port);
 
 	add_wait_queue(&vc->paste_wait, &wait);
+	mutex_lock(&sel_lock);
 	while (sel_buffer && sel_buffer_lth > pasted) {
 		set_current_state(TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE);
 		if (tty_throttled(tty)) {
+			mutex_unlock(&sel_lock);
 			schedule();
+			mutex_lock(&sel_lock);
 			continue;
 		}
 		__set_current_state(TASK_RUNNING);
@@ -364,6 +383,7 @@
 					      count);
 		pasted += count;
 	}
+	mutex_unlock(&sel_lock);
 	remove_wait_queue(&vc->paste_wait, &wait);
 	__set_current_state(TASK_RUNNING);
 
diff --git a/drivers/tty/vt/vt.c b/drivers/tty/vt/vt.c
index 232cb0a..c1d3b68 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/vt/vt.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/vt/vt.c
@@ -2690,9 +2690,7 @@
 	switch (type)
 	{
 		case TIOCL_SETSEL:
-			console_lock();
 			ret = set_selection((struct tiocl_selection __user *)(p+1), tty);
-			console_unlock();
 			break;
 		case TIOCL_PASTESEL:
 			ret = paste_selection(tty);