diff --git a/drivers/tty/pty.c b/drivers/tty/pty.c
index 59bfaecc4e1438ecc771573c44c161b26fc3548d..abfd9908978188ffe3bfd7a9c3aa3e8c6700c5d9 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/pty.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/pty.c
@@ -244,14 +244,9 @@ static void pty_flush_buffer(struct tty_struct *tty)
 
 static int pty_open(struct tty_struct *tty, struct file *filp)
 {
-	int	retval = -ENODEV;
-
 	if (!tty || !tty->link)
-		goto out;
-
-	set_bit(TTY_IO_ERROR, &tty->flags);
+		return -ENODEV;
 
-	retval = -EIO;
 	if (test_bit(TTY_OTHER_CLOSED, &tty->flags))
 		goto out;
 	if (test_bit(TTY_PTY_LOCK, &tty->link->flags))
@@ -262,9 +257,11 @@ static int pty_open(struct tty_struct *tty, struct file *filp)
 	clear_bit(TTY_IO_ERROR, &tty->flags);
 	clear_bit(TTY_OTHER_CLOSED, &tty->link->flags);
 	set_bit(TTY_THROTTLED, &tty->flags);
-	retval = 0;
+	return 0;
+
 out:
-	return retval;
+	set_bit(TTY_IO_ERROR, &tty->flags);
+	return -EIO;
 }
 
 static void pty_set_termios(struct tty_struct *tty,
diff --git a/drivers/tty/vt/vt_ioctl.c b/drivers/tty/vt/vt_ioctl.c
index fc2c06c66e89d5e7536c5bb5387bc0fd9a837086..2bd78e2ac8ecba07dbf42788b6c61506ee8b2b20 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/vt/vt_ioctl.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/vt/vt_ioctl.c
@@ -289,13 +289,10 @@ static int vt_disallocate(unsigned int vc_num)
 	struct vc_data *vc = NULL;
 	int ret = 0;
 
-	if (!vc_num)
-		return 0;
-
 	console_lock();
 	if (VT_BUSY(vc_num))
 		ret = -EBUSY;
-	else
+	else if (vc_num)
 		vc = vc_deallocate(vc_num);
 	console_unlock();