diff --git a/drivers/video/vidconsole-uclass.c b/drivers/video/vidconsole-uclass.c
index d30e6db6f6..9b76154721 100644
--- a/drivers/video/vidconsole-uclass.c
+++ b/drivers/video/vidconsole-uclass.c
@@ -622,6 +622,7 @@ void vidconsole_position_cursor(struct udevice *dev, unsigned col, unsigned row)
 	col *= priv->x_charsize;
 	row *= priv->y_charsize;
 	priv->xcur_frac = VID_TO_POS(min_t(short, col, vid_priv->xsize - 1));
+	priv->xstart_frac = priv->xcur_frac;
 	priv->ycur = min_t(short, row, vid_priv->ysize - 1);
 }