--- plymouth-0.8.3.orig/src/libply-splash-core/ply-terminal.c
+++ plymouth-0.8.3/src/libply-splash-core/ply-terminal.c
@@ -188,7 +188,8 @@
   if (tcsetattr (terminal->fd, TCSANOW, &term_attributes) != 0)
     return false;
 
-  if (ioctl (terminal->fd, TIOCGLCKTRMIOS, &locked_term_attributes) == 0)
+  if (!terminal->original_locked_term_attributes_saved &&
+      ioctl (terminal->fd, TIOCGLCKTRMIOS, &locked_term_attributes) == 0)
     {
       terminal->original_locked_term_attributes = locked_term_attributes;
       terminal->original_locked_term_attributes_saved = true;