--- linux-2.4.27-rc2-pa4mm/drivers/video/fbcon.c.Orig	2004-06-29 10:47:31.901491304 +0200
+++ linux-2.4.27-rc2-pa4mm/drivers/video/fbcon.c	2004-06-29 11:13:31.846343640 +0200
@@ -1877,7 +1877,10 @@
        font length must be multiple of 256, at least. And 256 is multiple
        of 4 */
     k = 0;
-    while (p > new_data) k += *--(u32 *)p;
+    while (p > new_data) {
+        p = (u8 *)((u32 *)p - 1);
+        k += *(u32 *)p;
+    }
     FNTSUM(new_data) = k;
     /* Check if the same font is on some other console already */
     for (i = 0; i < MAX_NR_CONSOLES; i++) {