diff --git a/drivers/tty/pty.c b/drivers/tty/pty.c
index bdb8fd1a202682e6e0eaf057c3cc88685c6ebc03..11db7dc8676b6d493cbf1acfd35039a730f8205b 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/pty.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/pty.c
@@ -399,6 +399,8 @@ static int pty_common_install(struct tty_driver *driver, struct tty_struct *tty,
 	if (!o_tty)
 		goto err_put_module;
 
+	tty_set_lock_subclass(o_tty);
+
 	if (legacy) {
 		/* We always use new tty termios data so we can do this
 		   the easy way .. */
diff --git a/drivers/tty/tty_mutex.c b/drivers/tty/tty_mutex.c
index f43e995c7a0fc8a64ae1ee41eb2c7afa418df5b4..4486741190c47d52d8079f360081d99085ce82c4 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/tty_mutex.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/tty_mutex.c
@@ -13,15 +13,14 @@
 
 enum {
 	TTY_MUTEX_NORMAL,
-	TTY_MUTEX_NESTED,
+	TTY_MUTEX_SLAVE,
 };
 
 /*
  * Getting the big tty mutex.
  */
 
-static void __lockfunc tty_lock_nested(struct tty_struct *tty,
-				       unsigned int subclass)
+void __lockfunc tty_lock(struct tty_struct *tty)
 {
 	if (tty->magic != TTY_MAGIC) {
 		pr_err("L Bad %p\n", tty);
@@ -29,12 +28,7 @@ static void __lockfunc tty_lock_nested(struct tty_struct *tty,
 		return;
 	}
 	tty_kref_get(tty);
-	mutex_lock_nested(&tty->legacy_mutex, subclass);
-}
-
-void __lockfunc tty_lock(struct tty_struct *tty)
-{
-	return tty_lock_nested(tty, TTY_MUTEX_NORMAL);
+	mutex_lock(&tty->legacy_mutex);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(tty_lock);
 
@@ -56,7 +50,7 @@ void __lockfunc tty_lock_slave(struct tty_struct *tty)
 		WARN_ON(!mutex_is_locked(&tty->link->legacy_mutex) ||
 			!tty->driver->type == TTY_DRIVER_TYPE_PTY ||
 			!tty->driver->type == PTY_TYPE_SLAVE);
-		tty_lock_nested(tty, TTY_MUTEX_NESTED);
+		tty_lock(tty);
 	}
 }
 
@@ -65,3 +59,8 @@ void __lockfunc tty_unlock_slave(struct tty_struct *tty)
 	if (tty && tty != tty->link)
 		tty_unlock(tty);
 }
+
+void tty_set_lock_subclass(struct tty_struct *tty)
+{
+	lockdep_set_subclass(&tty->legacy_mutex, TTY_MUTEX_SLAVE);
+}
diff --git a/include/linux/tty.h b/include/linux/tty.h
index a07b4b415db89958b2df8a4930a25b15cc852aeb..196c352a5ce89ab4cdccd633d6ad14913059e924 100644
--- a/include/linux/tty.h
+++ b/include/linux/tty.h
@@ -640,6 +640,7 @@ extern void __lockfunc tty_lock(struct tty_struct *tty);
 extern void __lockfunc tty_unlock(struct tty_struct *tty);
 extern void __lockfunc tty_lock_slave(struct tty_struct *tty);
 extern void __lockfunc tty_unlock_slave(struct tty_struct *tty);
+extern void tty_set_lock_subclass(struct tty_struct *tty);
 /*
  * this shall be called only from where BTM is held (like close)
  *