diff --git a/drivers/tty/n_tty.c b/drivers/tty/n_tty.c
index 649fd94d1aa6c17a3b15cb284f798fb725ff13c8..2caa2936d1b1be5ffc11dc4c6837c5fcda5c3879 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/n_tty.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/n_tty.c
@@ -1869,14 +1869,15 @@ static int n_tty_open(struct tty_struct *tty)
 	return -ENOMEM;
 }
 
-static inline int input_available_p(struct tty_struct *tty, int amt)
+static inline int input_available_p(struct tty_struct *tty, int poll)
 {
 	struct n_tty_data *ldata = tty->disc_data;
+	int amt = poll && !TIME_CHAR(tty) ? MIN_CHAR(tty) : 1;
 
 	if (ldata->icanon && !L_EXTPROC(tty)) {
 		if (ldata->canon_head != ldata->read_tail)
 			return 1;
-	} else if (read_cnt(ldata) >= (amt ? amt : 1))
+	} else if (read_cnt(ldata) >= amt)
 		return 1;
 
 	return 0;
@@ -2375,7 +2376,7 @@ static unsigned int n_tty_poll(struct tty_struct *tty, struct file *file,
 
 	poll_wait(file, &tty->read_wait, wait);
 	poll_wait(file, &tty->write_wait, wait);
-	if (input_available_p(tty, TIME_CHAR(tty) ? 0 : MIN_CHAR(tty)))
+	if (input_available_p(tty, 1))
 		mask |= POLLIN | POLLRDNORM;
 	if (tty->packet && tty->link->ctrl_status)
 		mask |= POLLPRI | POLLIN | POLLRDNORM;