diff --git a/drivers/staging/ipack/devices/ipoctal.c b/drivers/staging/ipack/devices/ipoctal.c
index a5af423a4e7c7bdde83a4e6f7ddba2c1c099d911..a1aae40ce68de643fbce818012c4f3a177492b94 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/ipack/devices/ipoctal.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/ipack/devices/ipoctal.c
@@ -114,8 +114,6 @@ static int ipoctal_port_activate(struct tty_port *port, struct tty_struct *tty)
 
 	ipoctal_write_io_reg(ipoctal, &ipoctal->chan_regs[channel].u.w.cr,
 			     CR_ENABLE_RX);
-	tty->driver_data = ipoctal;
-
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -136,6 +134,8 @@ static int ipoctal_open(struct tty_struct *tty, struct file *file)
 	if (atomic_read(&ipoctal->open[channel]))
 		return -EBUSY;
 
+	tty->driver_data = ipoctal;
+
 	res = tty_port_open(&ipoctal->tty_port[channel], tty, file);
 	if (res)
 		return res;