diff --git a/hw/virtio-serial-bus.c b/hw/virtio-serial-bus.c
index fe0233f6f1..3a9004a9b8 100644
--- a/hw/virtio-serial-bus.c
+++ b/hw/virtio-serial-bus.c
@@ -163,7 +163,19 @@ static void do_flush_queued_data(VirtIOSerialPort *port, VirtQueue *vq,
                 abort();
             }
             if (ret == -EAGAIN || (ret >= 0 && ret < buf_size)) {
-                virtio_serial_throttle_port(port, true);
+		/*
+                 * this is a temporary check until chardevs can signal to
+                 * frontends that they are writable again. This prevents
+                 * the console from going into throttled mode (forever)
+                 * if virtio-console is connected to a pty without a
+                 * listener. Otherwise the guest spins forever.
+                 * We can revert this if
+                 * 1: chardevs can notify frondends
+                 * 2: the guest driver does not spin in these cases
+                 */
+                if (!info->is_console) {
+                    virtio_serial_throttle_port(port, true);
+                }
                 port->iov_idx = i;
                 if (ret > 0) {
                     port->iov_offset += ret;