diff --git a/drivers/tty/pty.c b/drivers/tty/pty.c
index a82b39939a9cab4fc02a6d6d0be13607284d68ce..65f767154d124a8c2afe8813423ed15b801b1152 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/pty.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/pty.c
@@ -547,7 +547,7 @@ static struct tty_struct *pts_unix98_lookup(struct tty_driver *driver,
 	struct tty_struct *tty;
 
 	mutex_lock(&devpts_mutex);
-	tty = devpts_get_tty(pts_inode, idx);
+	tty = devpts_get_priv(pts_inode);
 	mutex_unlock(&devpts_mutex);
 	/* Master must be open before slave */
 	if (!tty)
diff --git a/fs/devpts/inode.c b/fs/devpts/inode.c
index 14afbabe65464e226549894404ec1af9d1a3f747..47965807884d553f29310e772f3767c37ca31caa 100644
--- a/fs/devpts/inode.c
+++ b/fs/devpts/inode.c
@@ -593,10 +593,10 @@ int devpts_pty_new(struct inode *ptmx_inode, struct tty_struct *tty)
 	return ret;
 }
 
-struct tty_struct *devpts_get_tty(struct inode *pts_inode, int number)
+void *devpts_get_priv(struct inode *pts_inode)
 {
 	struct dentry *dentry;
-	struct tty_struct *tty;
+	void *priv = NULL;
 
 	BUG_ON(pts_inode->i_rdev == MKDEV(TTYAUX_MAJOR, PTMX_MINOR));
 
@@ -605,13 +605,12 @@ struct tty_struct *devpts_get_tty(struct inode *pts_inode, int number)
 	if (!dentry)
 		return NULL;
 
-	tty = NULL;
 	if (pts_inode->i_sb->s_magic == DEVPTS_SUPER_MAGIC)
-		tty = (struct tty_struct *)pts_inode->i_private;
+		priv = pts_inode->i_private;
 
 	dput(dentry);
 
-	return tty;
+	return priv;
 }
 
 void devpts_pty_kill(struct tty_struct *tty)
diff --git a/include/linux/devpts_fs.h b/include/linux/devpts_fs.h
index 5ce0e5fd712e0fe67d0e05b455fffbb85c16fb7c..de635a5505eae52b64fe25064cacfef4c6ec3130 100644
--- a/include/linux/devpts_fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/devpts_fs.h
@@ -21,8 +21,8 @@ int devpts_new_index(struct inode *ptmx_inode);
 void devpts_kill_index(struct inode *ptmx_inode, int idx);
 /* mknod in devpts */
 int devpts_pty_new(struct inode *ptmx_inode, struct tty_struct *tty);
-/* get tty structure */
-struct tty_struct *devpts_get_tty(struct inode *pts_inode, int number);
+/* get private structure */
+void *devpts_get_priv(struct inode *pts_inode);
 /* unlink */
 void devpts_pty_kill(struct tty_struct *tty);
 
@@ -36,8 +36,7 @@ static inline int devpts_pty_new(struct inode *ptmx_inode,
 {
 	return -EINVAL;
 }
-static inline struct tty_struct *devpts_get_tty(struct inode *pts_inode,
-		int number)
+static inline void *devpts_get_priv(struct inode *pts_inode)
 {
 	return NULL;
 }