diff --git a/drivers/video/vidconsole-uclass.c b/drivers/video/vidconsole-uclass.c
index ea10189432fcae3145bb8974d763f9bd22f318a4..706a1894cce91851fe6690bd8789684fdd0fb953 100644
--- a/drivers/video/vidconsole-uclass.c
+++ b/drivers/video/vidconsole-uclass.c
@@ -161,7 +161,12 @@ static int vidconsole_post_probe(struct udevice *dev)
 	struct stdio_dev *sdev = &priv->sdev;
 	int ret;
 
-	strlcpy(sdev->name, dev->name, sizeof(sdev->name));
+	if (dev->seq) {
+		snprintf(sdev->name, sizeof(sdev->name), "vidconsole%d",
+			 dev->seq);
+	} else {
+		strcpy(sdev->name, "vidconsole");
+	}
 	sdev->flags = DEV_FLAGS_OUTPUT;
 	sdev->putc = vidconsole_putc;
 	sdev->puts = vidconsole_puts;
diff --git a/include/configs/sandbox.h b/include/configs/sandbox.h
index 6498981cef248715e98dabae34b1061616249229..4bffd8d3d30a9d0a15fa748a8db5988176aa7636 100644
--- a/include/configs/sandbox.h
+++ b/include/configs/sandbox.h
@@ -169,12 +169,12 @@
 #define CONFIG_KEYBOARD
 
 #define SANDBOX_SERIAL_SETTINGS		"stdin=serial,cros-ec-keyb,usbkbd\0" \
-					"stdout=serial,lcd.vidconsole\0" \
-					"stderr=serial,lcd.vidconsole\0"
+					"stdout=serial,vidconsole\0" \
+					"stderr=serial,vidconsole\0"
 #else
 #define SANDBOX_SERIAL_SETTINGS		"stdin=serial\0" \
-					"stdout=serial,lcd.vidconsole\0" \
-					"stderr=serial,lcd.vidconsole\0"
+					"stdout=serial,vidconsole\0" \
+					"stderr=serial,vidconsole\0"
 #endif
 
 #define SANDBOX_ETH_SETTINGS		"ethaddr=00:00:11:22:33:44\0" \