diff --git a/drivers/tty/tty_ldisc.c b/drivers/tty/tty_ldisc.c
index 5bbf33ad49f1..d8e96b005023 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/tty_ldisc.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/tty_ldisc.c
@@ -743,9 +743,12 @@ static void tty_reset_termios(struct tty_struct *tty)
  *	state closed
  */
 
-static void tty_ldisc_reinit(struct tty_struct *tty, int ldisc)
+static int tty_ldisc_reinit(struct tty_struct *tty, int ldisc)
 {
-	struct tty_ldisc *ld;
+	struct tty_ldisc *ld = tty_ldisc_get(ldisc);
+
+	if (IS_ERR(ld))
+		return -1;
 
 	tty_ldisc_close(tty, tty->ldisc);
 	tty_ldisc_put(tty->ldisc);
@@ -753,10 +756,10 @@ static void tty_ldisc_reinit(struct tty_struct *tty, int ldisc)
 	/*
 	 *	Switch the line discipline back
 	 */
-	ld = tty_ldisc_get(ldisc);
-	BUG_ON(IS_ERR(ld));
 	tty_ldisc_assign(tty, ld);
 	tty_set_termios_ldisc(tty, ldisc);
+
+	return 0;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -831,13 +834,16 @@ void tty_ldisc_hangup(struct tty_struct *tty)
 	   a FIXME */
 	if (tty->ldisc) {	/* Not yet closed */
 		if (reset == 0) {
-			tty_ldisc_reinit(tty, tty->termios->c_line);
-			err = tty_ldisc_open(tty, tty->ldisc);
+
+			if (!tty_ldisc_reinit(tty, tty->termios->c_line))
+				err = tty_ldisc_open(tty, tty->ldisc);
+			else
+				err = 1;
 		}
 		/* If the re-open fails or we reset then go to N_TTY. The
 		   N_TTY open cannot fail */
 		if (reset || err) {
-			tty_ldisc_reinit(tty, N_TTY);
+			BUG_ON(tty_ldisc_reinit(tty, N_TTY));
 			WARN_ON(tty_ldisc_open(tty, tty->ldisc));
 		}
 		tty_ldisc_enable(tty);