diff -Nru plymouth-0.9.0/debian/changelog plymouth-0.9.0/debian/changelog
--- plymouth-0.9.0/debian/changelog	2014-09-21 22:35:56.000000000 +0100
+++ plymouth-0.9.0/debian/changelog	2014-09-25 18:32:06.000000000 +0100
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+plymouth (0.9.0-0ubuntu6) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
+
+  * d/p/ubuntu-seat-terminal-may-be-null.patch -- check that the
+    seat->terminal is valid before instantiating a text terminal
+    on it.  (LP: #1371651)
+
+ -- Andy Whitcroft <apw@ubuntu.com>  Thu, 25 Sep 2014 18:31:09 +0100
+
 plymouth (0.9.0-0ubuntu5) utopic; urgency=medium
 
   * Adjust grub snippet that sets purple background color - set alpha to
diff -Nru plymouth-0.9.0/debian/patches/series plymouth-0.9.0/debian/patches/series
--- plymouth-0.9.0/debian/patches/series	2014-09-21 22:35:56.000000000 +0100
+++ plymouth-0.9.0/debian/patches/series	2014-09-25 18:27:43.000000000 +0100
@@ -17,3 +17,4 @@
 0007-udev-seat-tag.patch
 0008-show-delay.patch
 0001-Bump-point-release-and-ABI-versions-of-libraries.patch
+ubuntu-seat-terminal-may-be-null.patch
diff -Nru plymouth-0.9.0/debian/patches/ubuntu-seat-terminal-may-be-null.patch plymouth-0.9.0/debian/patches/ubuntu-seat-terminal-may-be-null.patch
--- plymouth-0.9.0/debian/patches/ubuntu-seat-terminal-may-be-null.patch	1970-01-01 01:00:00.000000000 +0100
+++ plymouth-0.9.0/debian/patches/ubuntu-seat-terminal-may-be-null.patch	2014-09-25 18:30:48.000000000 +0100
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+Description: seat->terminal may be null
+ seat->terminal may well be null, other places in the code check
+ for this.  When building terminals we unconditionally try and add
+ text displays for every terminal.  Check the seat->terminal is valid
+ before attempting this.
+Author: Andy Whitcroft <apw@ubuntu.com>
+Bug-Ubuntu: https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1371651
+Last-Update: 2014-09-25
+
+Index: plymouth-0.9.0/src/libply-splash-core/ply-seat.c
+===================================================================
+--- plymouth-0.9.0.orig/src/libply-splash-core/ply-seat.c	2014-09-25 17:23:31.000000000 +0100
++++ plymouth-0.9.0/src/libply-splash-core/ply-seat.c	2014-09-25 18:11:04.864438519 +0100
+@@ -102,6 +102,12 @@
+ {
+   ply_text_display_t *display;
+ 
++  if (!seat->terminal)
++    {
++      ply_trace ("adding text display for terminal, no terminal");
++      return;
++    }
++
+   if (!ply_terminal_is_open (seat->terminal))
+     {
+       if (!ply_terminal_open (seat->terminal))