diff --git a/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kbd/console-fix.patch b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kbd/console-fix.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..aefc20ff9140
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/os-specific/linux/kbd/console-fix.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+diff --git a/src/loadkeys.c b/src/loadkeys.c
+index 6b23f68..adf65a0 100644
+--- a/src/loadkeys.c
++++ b/src/loadkeys.c
+@@ -166,10 +166,10 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
+ 		exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
+ 	}
+ 
+-	/* get console */
+-	fd = getfd(console);
+-
+ 	if (!(options & OPT_M) && !(options & OPT_B)) {
++		/* get console */
++		fd = getfd(console);
++
+ 		/* check whether the keyboard is in Unicode mode */
+ 		if (ioctl(fd, KDGKBMODE, &kbd_mode) ||
+ 		    ioctl(fd, KDGETMODE, &kd_mode)) {