diff --git a/sys/dev/syscons/daemon/daemon_saver.c b/sys/dev/syscons/daemon/daemon_saver.c
index 3009d31b358..816795e5a45 100644
--- a/sys/dev/syscons/daemon/daemon_saver.c
+++ b/sys/dev/syscons/daemon/daemon_saver.c
@@ -351,11 +351,23 @@ daemon_saver(video_adapter_t *adp, int blank)
 static int
 daemon_init(video_adapter_t *adp)
 {
+	size_t hostlen;
 
 	mtx_lock(&prison0.pr_mtx);
-	messagelen = strlen(prison0.pr_hostname) + 3 + strlen(ostype) + 1 + 
-	    strlen(osrelease);
-	message = malloc(messagelen + 1, M_DEVBUF, M_WAITOK);
+	for (;;) {
+		hostlen = strlen(prison0.pr_hostname);
+		mtx_unlock(&prison0.pr_mtx);
+	
+		messagelen = hostlen + 3 + strlen(ostype) + 1 +
+		    strlen(osrelease);
+		message = malloc(messagelen + 1, M_DEVBUF, M_WAITOK);
+		mtx_lock(&prison0.pr_mtx);
+		if (hostlen < strlen(prison0.pr_hostname)) {
+			free(message, M_DEVBUF);
+			continue;
+		}
+		break;
+	}
 	sprintf(message, "%s - %s %s", prison0.pr_hostname, ostype, osrelease);
 	mtx_unlock(&prison0.pr_mtx);
 	blanked = 0;