- * or reset the VT in case it crashed/exited, too. */
- r = session_prepare_vt(s);
- if (r < 0) {
- s->track = sd_bus_track_unref(s->track);
- return r;
+ * (without preparing the VT since the controller has probably overridden
+ * VT state by now) or reset the VT in case it crashed/exited, too. */
+ if (prepare) {
+ r = session_prepare_vt(s);
+ if (r < 0) {
+ s->track = sd_bus_track_unref(s->track);
+ return r;
+ }