diff --git a/drivers/tty/tty_ldisc.c b/drivers/tty/tty_ldisc.c
index 050f4d650891763f96800244869821afb9d1586e..c1cf6cb8318532319b9860f9075ac121347e8148 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/tty_ldisc.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/tty_ldisc.c
@@ -527,19 +527,16 @@ static int tty_ldisc_failto(struct tty_struct *tty, int ld)
 static void tty_ldisc_restore(struct tty_struct *tty, struct tty_ldisc *old)
 {
 	/* There is an outstanding reference here so this is safe */
-	old = tty_ldisc_get(tty, old->ops->num);
-	WARN_ON(IS_ERR(old));
-	tty->ldisc = old;
-	tty_set_termios_ldisc(tty, old->ops->num);
-	if (tty_ldisc_open(tty, old) < 0) {
-		tty_ldisc_put(old);
+	if (tty_ldisc_failto(tty, old->ops->num) < 0) {
+		const char *name = tty_name(tty);
+
+		pr_warn("Falling back ldisc for %s.\n", name);
 		/* The traditional behaviour is to fall back to N_TTY, we
 		   want to avoid falling back to N_NULL unless we have no
 		   choice to avoid the risk of breaking anything */
 		if (tty_ldisc_failto(tty, N_TTY) < 0 &&
 		    tty_ldisc_failto(tty, N_NULL) < 0)
-			panic("Couldn't open N_NULL ldisc for %s.",
-			      tty_name(tty));
+			panic("Couldn't open N_NULL ldisc for %s.", name);
 	}
 }