diff --git a/ui/console-vc.c b/ui/console-vc.c
index 53d9e9d39b..99cc8f09c8 100644
--- a/ui/console-vc.c
+++ b/ui/console-vc.c
@@ -115,12 +115,19 @@ static int vc_chr_write(Chardev *chr, const uint8_t *buf, int len)
     return vt100_input(&s->vt, buf, len);
 }
 
+static void text_console_chr_resize(QemuTextConsole *s)
+{
+    qemu_chr_resize(s->chr, s->vt.width, s->vt.height);
+}
+
 static void text_console_invalidate(void *opaque)
 {
     QemuTextConsole *s = QEMU_TEXT_CONSOLE(opaque);
 
     if (!QEMU_IS_FIXED_TEXT_CONSOLE(s)) {
         vt100_set_image(&s->vt, QEMU_CONSOLE(s)->surface->image);
+        text_console_chr_resize(s);
+        /* XXX Shouldn't qemu_text_console_update_size() also be called here? */
     }
     vt100_refresh(&s->vt);
 }
@@ -254,6 +261,7 @@ static bool vc_chr_open(Chardev *chr, ChardevBackend *backend, Error **errp)
         s->vt.t_attrib = TEXT_ATTRIBUTES_DEFAULT;
     }
 
+    text_console_chr_resize(s);
     qemu_chr_be_event(chr, CHR_EVENT_OPENED);
     qemu_console_notify(QEMU_CONSOLE_ADDED, QEMU_CONSOLE(s));
     return true;