diff --git a/drivers/tty/tty_buffer.c b/drivers/tty/tty_buffer.c
index d6969f6e4c43624108b8511a82ac90ed5123e28f..61ec4ddf47e07f7d079e47c1a9f854a623198168 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/tty_buffer.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/tty_buffer.c
@@ -119,11 +119,14 @@ static void __tty_buffer_flush(struct tty_port *port)
 	struct tty_bufhead *buf = &port->buf;
 	struct tty_buffer *thead;
 
-	while ((thead = buf->head) != NULL) {
-		buf->head = thead->next;
-		tty_buffer_free(port, thead);
+	if (unlikely(buf->head == NULL))
+		return;
+	while ((thead = buf->head->next) != NULL) {
+		tty_buffer_free(port, buf->head);
+		buf->head = thead;
 	}
-	buf->tail = NULL;
+	WARN_ON(buf->head != buf->tail);
+	buf->head->read = buf->head->commit;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -194,19 +197,22 @@ static struct tty_buffer *tty_buffer_find(struct tty_port *port, size_t size)
 	   have queued and recycle that ? */
 }
 /**
- *	__tty_buffer_request_room		-	grow tty buffer if needed
+ *	tty_buffer_request_room		-	grow tty buffer if needed
  *	@tty: tty structure
  *	@size: size desired
  *
  *	Make at least size bytes of linear space available for the tty
  *	buffer. If we fail return the size we managed to find.
- *      Locking: Caller must hold port->buf.lock
+ *
+ *	Locking: Takes port->buf.lock
  */
-static int __tty_buffer_request_room(struct tty_port *port, size_t size)
+int tty_buffer_request_room(struct tty_port *port, size_t size)
 {
 	struct tty_bufhead *buf = &port->buf;
 	struct tty_buffer *b, *n;
 	int left;
+	unsigned long flags;
+	spin_lock_irqsave(&buf->lock, flags);
 	/* OPTIMISATION: We could keep a per tty "zero" sized buffer to
 	   remove this conditional if its worth it. This would be invisible
 	   to the callers */
@@ -228,31 +234,9 @@ static int __tty_buffer_request_room(struct tty_port *port, size_t size)
 		} else
 			size = left;
 	}
-
+	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&buf->lock, flags);
 	return size;
 }
-
-
-/**
- *	tty_buffer_request_room		-	grow tty buffer if needed
- *	@port: tty port structure
- *	@size: size desired
- *
- *	Make at least size bytes of linear space available for the tty
- *	buffer. If we fail return the size we managed to find.
- *
- *	Locking: Takes port->buf.lock
- */
-int tty_buffer_request_room(struct tty_port *port, size_t size)
-{
-	unsigned long flags;
-	int length;
-
-	spin_lock_irqsave(&port->buf.lock, flags);
-	length = __tty_buffer_request_room(port, size);
-	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&port->buf.lock, flags);
-	return length;
-}
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(tty_buffer_request_room);
 
 /**
@@ -271,26 +255,18 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(tty_buffer_request_room);
 int tty_insert_flip_string_fixed_flag(struct tty_port *port,
 		const unsigned char *chars, char flag, size_t size)
 {
-	struct tty_bufhead *buf = &port->buf;
 	int copied = 0;
 	do {
 		int goal = min_t(size_t, size - copied, TTY_BUFFER_PAGE);
-		int space;
-		unsigned long flags;
-		struct tty_buffer *tb;
-
-		spin_lock_irqsave(&buf->lock, flags);
-		space = __tty_buffer_request_room(port, goal);
-		tb = buf->tail;
+		int space = tty_buffer_request_room(port, goal);
+		struct tty_buffer *tb = port->buf.tail;
 		/* If there is no space then tb may be NULL */
 		if (unlikely(space == 0)) {
-			spin_unlock_irqrestore(&buf->lock, flags);
 			break;
 		}
 		memcpy(tb->char_buf_ptr + tb->used, chars, space);
 		memset(tb->flag_buf_ptr + tb->used, flag, space);
 		tb->used += space;
-		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&buf->lock, flags);
 		copied += space;
 		chars += space;
 		/* There is a small chance that we need to split the data over
@@ -317,26 +293,18 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(tty_insert_flip_string_fixed_flag);
 int tty_insert_flip_string_flags(struct tty_port *port,
 		const unsigned char *chars, const char *flags, size_t size)
 {
-	struct tty_bufhead *buf = &port->buf;
 	int copied = 0;
 	do {
 		int goal = min_t(size_t, size - copied, TTY_BUFFER_PAGE);
-		int space;
-		unsigned long __flags;
-		struct tty_buffer *tb;
-
-		spin_lock_irqsave(&buf->lock, __flags);
-		space = __tty_buffer_request_room(port, goal);
-		tb = buf->tail;
+		int space = tty_buffer_request_room(port, goal);
+		struct tty_buffer *tb = port->buf.tail;
 		/* If there is no space then tb may be NULL */
 		if (unlikely(space == 0)) {
-			spin_unlock_irqrestore(&buf->lock, __flags);
 			break;
 		}
 		memcpy(tb->char_buf_ptr + tb->used, chars, space);
 		memcpy(tb->flag_buf_ptr + tb->used, flags, space);
 		tb->used += space;
-		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&buf->lock, __flags);
 		copied += space;
 		chars += space;
 		flags += space;
@@ -392,21 +360,13 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(tty_schedule_flip);
 int tty_prepare_flip_string(struct tty_port *port, unsigned char **chars,
 		size_t size)
 {
-	struct tty_bufhead *buf = &port->buf;
-	int space;
-	unsigned long flags;
-	struct tty_buffer *tb;
-
-	spin_lock_irqsave(&buf->lock, flags);
-	space = __tty_buffer_request_room(port, size);
-
-	tb = buf->tail;
+	int space = tty_buffer_request_room(port, size);
 	if (likely(space)) {
+		struct tty_buffer *tb = port->buf.tail;
 		*chars = tb->char_buf_ptr + tb->used;
 		memset(tb->flag_buf_ptr + tb->used, TTY_NORMAL, space);
 		tb->used += space;
 	}
-	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&buf->lock, flags);
 	return space;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(tty_prepare_flip_string);
@@ -430,21 +390,13 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(tty_prepare_flip_string);
 int tty_prepare_flip_string_flags(struct tty_port *port,
 			unsigned char **chars, char **flags, size_t size)
 {
-	struct tty_bufhead *buf = &port->buf;
-	int space;
-	unsigned long __flags;
-	struct tty_buffer *tb;
-
-	spin_lock_irqsave(&buf->lock, __flags);
-	space = __tty_buffer_request_room(port, size);
-
-	tb = buf->tail;
+	int space = tty_buffer_request_room(port, size);
 	if (likely(space)) {
+		struct tty_buffer *tb = port->buf.tail;
 		*chars = tb->char_buf_ptr + tb->used;
 		*flags = tb->flag_buf_ptr + tb->used;
 		tb->used += space;
 	}
-	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&buf->lock, __flags);
 	return space;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(tty_prepare_flip_string_flags);