diff --git a/drivers/tty/tty_buffer.c b/drivers/tty/tty_buffer.c
index 143deb62467d57a1f1216d3f418c2bfccb72201c..3605103fc1ac6d891f255fea127f6fbd8b6ad96b 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/tty_buffer.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/tty_buffer.c
@@ -202,14 +202,16 @@ static void tty_buffer_free(struct tty_port *port, struct tty_buffer *b)
 /**
  *	tty_buffer_flush		-	flush full tty buffers
  *	@tty: tty to flush
+ *	@ld:  optional ldisc ptr (must be referenced)
  *
- *	flush all the buffers containing receive data.
+ *	flush all the buffers containing receive data. If ld != NULL,
+ *	flush the ldisc input buffer.
  *
  *	Locking: takes buffer lock to ensure single-threaded flip buffer
  *		 'consumer'
  */
 
-void tty_buffer_flush(struct tty_struct *tty)
+void tty_buffer_flush(struct tty_struct *tty, struct tty_ldisc *ld)
 {
 	struct tty_port *port = tty->port;
 	struct tty_bufhead *buf = &port->buf;
@@ -223,6 +225,10 @@ void tty_buffer_flush(struct tty_struct *tty)
 		buf->head = next;
 	}
 	buf->head->read = buf->head->commit;
+
+	if (ld && ld->ops->flush_buffer)
+		ld->ops->flush_buffer(tty);
+
 	atomic_dec(&buf->priority);
 	mutex_unlock(&buf->lock);
 }
diff --git a/drivers/tty/tty_io.c b/drivers/tty/tty_io.c
index 4ecee2856eceb6a24ca1f4c6afeaaa6f6b14db76..aa83cd1bf07161c95dd1ea9f46cce878129f3589 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/tty_io.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/tty_io.c
@@ -2890,7 +2890,7 @@ long tty_ioctl(struct file *file, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg)
 		case TCIFLUSH:
 		case TCIOFLUSH:
 		/* flush tty buffer and allow ldisc to process ioctl */
-			tty_buffer_flush(tty);
+			tty_buffer_flush(tty, NULL);
 			break;
 		}
 		break;
diff --git a/drivers/tty/tty_ldisc.c b/drivers/tty/tty_ldisc.c
index 6368dd95e13740ffd52f4a54e65ed11179ca41b0..b66a81d0549e3171420ae948ec3a24ef74987836 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/tty_ldisc.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/tty_ldisc.c
@@ -397,19 +397,17 @@ static void __lockfunc tty_ldisc_unlock_pair(struct tty_struct *tty,
  *	tty_ldisc_flush	-	flush line discipline queue
  *	@tty: tty
  *
- *	Flush the line discipline queue (if any) for this tty. If there
- *	is no line discipline active this is a no-op.
+ *	Flush the line discipline queue (if any) and the tty flip buffers
+ *	for this tty.
  */
 
 void tty_ldisc_flush(struct tty_struct *tty)
 {
 	struct tty_ldisc *ld = tty_ldisc_ref(tty);
-	if (ld) {
-		if (ld->ops->flush_buffer)
-			ld->ops->flush_buffer(tty);
+
+	tty_buffer_flush(tty, ld);
+	if (ld)
 		tty_ldisc_deref(ld);
-	}
-	tty_buffer_flush(tty);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(tty_ldisc_flush);
 
diff --git a/include/linux/tty.h b/include/linux/tty.h
index e33ea1a0c2d0e2403f4d5390696e6152519cc21f..f6835ea1079a2a4e1cd54d1058803438d6f33c7e 100644
--- a/include/linux/tty.h
+++ b/include/linux/tty.h
@@ -441,7 +441,7 @@ extern void __do_SAK(struct tty_struct *tty);
 extern void no_tty(void);
 extern void tty_flush_to_ldisc(struct tty_struct *tty);
 extern void tty_buffer_free_all(struct tty_port *port);
-extern void tty_buffer_flush(struct tty_struct *tty);
+extern void tty_buffer_flush(struct tty_struct *tty, struct tty_ldisc *ld);
 extern void tty_buffer_init(struct tty_port *port);
 extern speed_t tty_termios_baud_rate(struct ktermios *termios);
 extern speed_t tty_termios_input_baud_rate(struct ktermios *termios);