diff --git a/linux_console.go b/linux_console.go
index 5cb5f713..60de3ee9 100644
--- a/linux_console.go
+++ b/linux_console.go
@@ -12,6 +12,10 @@ import (
 	"github.com/docker/libcontainer/label"
 )
 
+const (
+	containerConsolePath string = "/dev/console"
+)
+
 // NewConsole returns an initalized console that can be used within a container by copying bytes
 // from the master side to the slave that is attached as the tty for the container's init process.
 func NewConsole() (Console, error) {
@@ -83,7 +87,7 @@ func (c *linuxConsole) mount(rootfs, mountLabel string, uid, gid int) error {
 	if err := label.SetFileLabel(c.slavePath, mountLabel); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-	dest := filepath.Join(rootfs, "dev/console")
+	dest := filepath.Join(rootfs, containerConsolePath)
 	f, err := os.Create(dest)
 	if err != nil && !os.IsExist(err) {
 		return err
diff --git a/linux_userns_init.go b/linux_userns_init.go
index bd7e402c..d07668cd 100644
--- a/linux_userns_init.go
+++ b/linux_userns_init.go
@@ -21,8 +21,9 @@ func (l *linuxUsernsInit) Init() error {
 	}
 	consolePath := l.config.Config.Console
 	if consolePath != "" {
-		// TODO: why is this hard coded?
-		console := newConsoleFromPath("/dev/console")
+		// We use the containerConsolePath here, because the console has already been
+		// setup by the side car process for the user namespace scenario.
+		console := newConsoleFromPath(containerConsolePath)
 		if err := console.dupStdio(); err != nil {
 			return err
 		}