diff --git a/contrib/cmd/recvtty/recvtty.go b/contrib/cmd/recvtty/recvtty.go
index 8fddd0269..cf2fddf76 100644
--- a/contrib/cmd/recvtty/recvtty.go
+++ b/contrib/cmd/recvtty/recvtty.go
@@ -106,6 +106,9 @@ func handleSingle(path string, noStdin bool) error {
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
+	if err := console.ClearONLCR(c.Fd()); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
 
 	// Copy from our stdio to the master fd.
 	var (
diff --git a/libcontainer/init_linux.go b/libcontainer/init_linux.go
index c078556c4..70cde7a92 100644
--- a/libcontainer/init_linux.go
+++ b/libcontainer/init_linux.go
@@ -186,10 +186,6 @@ func setupConsole(socket *os.File, config *initConfig, mount bool) error {
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-	err = console.ClearONLCR(pty.Fd())
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
 
 	// After we return from here, we don't need the console anymore.
 	defer pty.Close()
diff --git a/libcontainer/integration/execin_test.go b/libcontainer/integration/execin_test.go
index dda716712..6bdf968db 100644
--- a/libcontainer/integration/execin_test.go
+++ b/libcontainer/integration/execin_test.go
@@ -313,6 +313,11 @@ func TestExecInTTY(t *testing.T) {
 				done <- fmt.Errorf("ConsoleFromFile: %w", err)
 				return
 			}
+			err = console.ClearONLCR(c.Fd())
+			if err != nil {
+				done <- fmt.Errorf("ClearONLCR: %w", err)
+				return
+			}
 			// An error from io.Copy is expected once the terminal
 			// is gone, so we deliberately ignore it.
 			_, _ = io.Copy(&stdout, c)
diff --git a/tty.go b/tty.go
index b15010202..844d7f842 100644
--- a/tty.go
+++ b/tty.go
@@ -112,6 +112,10 @@ func (t *tty) recvtty(process *libcontainer.Process, socket *os.File) (Err error
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
+	err = console.ClearONLCR(cons.Fd())
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
 	epoller, err := console.NewEpoller()
 	if err != nil {
 		return err