diff --git a/src/bin/getty.rs b/src/bin/getty.rs
index b1d85317ff..99d042b978 100644
--- a/src/bin/getty.rs
+++ b/src/bin/getty.rs
@@ -48,6 +48,14 @@ AUTHOR
 const DEFAULT_COLS: u16 = 80;
 const DEFAULT_LINES: u16 = 30;
 
+// Plausibility bounds for the cursor-report size probe (see `daemon`). The
+// probe is unreliable on the fbcond console, so anything outside this range is
+// treated as a bad reading and replaced with the safe defaults above.
+const MIN_PLAUSIBLE_COLS: u16 = 40;
+const MAX_PLAUSIBLE_COLS: u16 = 1000;
+const MIN_PLAUSIBLE_LINES: u16 = 10;
+const MAX_PLAUSIBLE_LINES: u16 = 1000;
+
 pub fn handle(
     event_queue: &mut RawEventQueue,
     tty_fd: RawFd,
@@ -225,7 +233,24 @@ fn tty_columns_lines(tty: &mut File) -> Result<(u16, u16), Box<dyn Error>> {
 }
 
 fn daemon(tty: &mut File, clear: bool, contain: bool, stderr: &mut Stderr) {
-    let (columns, lines) = tty_columns_lines(tty).unwrap_or((DEFAULT_COLS, DEFAULT_LINES));
+    // The cursor-report size probe (tty_columns_lines: Save + Goto(999,999) +
+    // \x1B[6n) is unreliable on the fbcond console. console_draw does not clamp
+    // Goto beyond the real screen bounds, so the \x1B[6n reply can report the
+    // *current* cursor position mid boot-text (observed: 15x56) instead of the
+    // actual dimensions. A bogus tiny width makes the login shell wrap every
+    // line oddly. Keep the probe result only when it is plausible; otherwise
+    // fall back to the safe 80x30 default, which mis-wraps on no real
+    // framebuffer. (A correct size needs fbcond/console_draw to answer the
+    // probe properly — tracked separately.)
+    let (columns, lines) = match tty_columns_lines(tty) {
+        Ok((c, l))
+            if (MIN_PLAUSIBLE_COLS..=MAX_PLAUSIBLE_COLS).contains(&c)
+                && (MIN_PLAUSIBLE_LINES..=MAX_PLAUSIBLE_LINES).contains(&l) =>
+        {
+            (c, l)
+        }
+        _ => (DEFAULT_COLS, DEFAULT_LINES),
+    };
     let tty_fd = tty.as_raw_fd();
 
     let (master_fd, pty) = getpty(columns, lines);