diff --git a/src/basic/terminal-util.c b/src/basic/terminal-util.c
index 2c7b4508ce..aefa7cd4ef 100644
--- a/src/basic/terminal-util.c
+++ b/src/basic/terminal-util.c
@@ -1271,3 +1271,37 @@ int vt_reset_keyboard(int fd) {
 
         return 0;
 }
+
+int vt_restore(int fd) {
+        static const struct vt_mode mode = {
+                .mode = VT_AUTO,
+        };
+        int r, q = 0;
+
+        r = ioctl(fd, KDSETMODE, KD_TEXT);
+        if (r < 0)
+                q = log_debug_errno(errno, "Failed to set VT in text mode, ignoring: %m");
+
+        r = vt_reset_keyboard(fd);
+        if (r < 0) {
+                log_debug_errno(r, "Failed to reset keyboard mode, ignoring: %m");
+                if (q >= 0)
+                        q = r;
+        }
+
+        r = ioctl(fd, VT_SETMODE, &mode);
+        if (r < 0) {
+                log_debug_errno(errno, "Failed to set VT_AUTO mode, ignoring: %m");
+                if (q >= 0)
+                        q = -errno;
+        }
+
+        r = fchown(fd, 0, (gid_t) -1);
+        if (r < 0) {
+                log_debug_errno(errno, "Failed to chown VT, ignoring: %m");
+                if (q >= 0)
+                        q = -errno;
+        }
+
+        return q;
+}
diff --git a/src/basic/terminal-util.h b/src/basic/terminal-util.h
index 2d64afaee6..2d931114e4 100644
--- a/src/basic/terminal-util.h
+++ b/src/basic/terminal-util.h
@@ -154,3 +154,4 @@ int open_terminal_in_namespace(pid_t pid, const char *name, int mode);
 
 int vt_default_utf8(void);
 int vt_reset_keyboard(int fd);
+int vt_restore(int fd);
diff --git a/src/login/logind-session.c b/src/login/logind-session.c
index b77431b449..adbd8008fa 100644
--- a/src/login/logind-session.c
+++ b/src/login/logind-session.c
@@ -1225,12 +1225,7 @@ error:
 }
 
 static void session_restore_vt(Session *s) {
-
-        static const struct vt_mode mode = {
-                .mode = VT_AUTO,
-        };
-
-        int vt, old_fd;
+        int r, vt, old_fd;
 
         /* We need to get a fresh handle to the virtual terminal,
          * since the old file-descriptor is potentially in a hung-up
@@ -1246,12 +1241,9 @@ static void session_restore_vt(Session *s) {
         if (vt < 0)
                 return;
 
-        (void) ioctl(vt, KDSETMODE, KD_TEXT);
-
-        (void) vt_reset_keyboard(vt);
-
-        (void) ioctl(vt, VT_SETMODE, &mode);
-        (void) fchown(vt, 0, (gid_t) -1);
+        r = vt_restore(vt);
+        if (r < 0)
+                log_warning_errno(r, "Failed to restore VT, ignoring: %m");
 
         s->vtfd = safe_close(s->vtfd);
 }