diff --git a/src/vmspawn/vmspawn.c b/src/vmspawn/vmspawn.c
index 06f6961b1a..c2be2c8038 100644
--- a/src/vmspawn/vmspawn.c
+++ b/src/vmspawn/vmspawn.c
@@ -2451,9 +2451,11 @@ static int run_virtual_machine(int kvm_device_fd, int vhost_device_fd) {
                         return log_oom();
         }
 
-        r = strv_prepend(&arg_kernel_cmdline_extra, "console=hvc0");
-        if (r < 0)
-                return log_oom();
+        if (arg_console_mode != CONSOLE_GUI) {
+                r = strv_prepend(&arg_kernel_cmdline_extra, "console=hvc0");
+                if (r < 0)
+                        return log_oom();
+        }
 
         for (size_t j = 0; j < arg_runtime_mounts.n_mounts; j++) {
                 RuntimeMount *m = arg_runtime_mounts.mounts + j;