diff --git a/drivers/video/console/sticore.c b/drivers/video/console/sticore.c
index d1bb5915082b..f869b723494f 100644
--- a/drivers/video/console/sticore.c
+++ b/drivers/video/console/sticore.c
@@ -506,7 +506,7 @@ sti_select_fbfont(struct sti_cooked_rom *cooked_rom, const char *fbfont_name)
 			fbfont->width, fbfont->height, fbfont->name);
 			
 	bpc = ((fbfont->width+7)/8) * fbfont->height; 
-	size = bpc * 256;
+	size = bpc * fbfont->charcount;
 	size += sizeof(struct sti_rom_font);
 
 	nf = kzalloc(size, STI_LOWMEM);
@@ -514,7 +514,7 @@ sti_select_fbfont(struct sti_cooked_rom *cooked_rom, const char *fbfont_name)
 		return NULL;
 
 	nf->first_char = 0;
-	nf->last_char = 255;
+	nf->last_char = fbfont->charcount - 1;
 	nf->width = fbfont->width;
 	nf->height = fbfont->height;
 	nf->font_type = STI_FONT_HPROMAN8;
@@ -525,7 +525,7 @@ sti_select_fbfont(struct sti_cooked_rom *cooked_rom, const char *fbfont_name)
 
 	dest = nf;
 	dest += sizeof(struct sti_rom_font);
-	memcpy(dest, fbfont->data, bpc*256);
+	memcpy(dest, fbfont->data, bpc * fbfont->charcount);
 
 	cooked_font = kzalloc(sizeof(*cooked_font), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!cooked_font) {
@@ -660,7 +660,7 @@ static int sti_cook_fonts(struct sti_cooked_rom *cooked_rom,
 void sti_font_convert_bytemode(struct sti_struct *sti, struct sti_cooked_font *f)
 {
 	unsigned char *n, *p, *q;
-	int size = f->raw->bytes_per_char * 256 + sizeof(struct sti_rom_font);
+	int size = f->raw->bytes_per_char * (f->raw->last_char + 1) + sizeof(struct sti_rom_font);
 	struct sti_rom_font *old_font;
 
 	if (sti->wordmode)