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-rw-r--r--hw/virtio-console.c6
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/hw/virtio-console.c b/hw/virtio-console.c
index be5955868f..6b5237b3ce 100644
--- a/hw/virtio-console.c
+++ b/hw/virtio-console.c
@@ -82,7 +82,11 @@ static int virtconsole_exitfn(VirtIOSerialPort *port)
     VirtConsole *vcon = DO_UPCAST(VirtConsole, port, port);
 
     if (vcon->chr) {
-        qemu_chr_close(vcon->chr);
+	/*
+	 * Instead of closing the chardev, free it so it can be used
+	 * for other purposes.
+	 */
+	qemu_chr_add_handlers(vcon->chr, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL);
     }
 
     return 0;