diff --git a/drivers/tty/hvc/hvcs.c b/drivers/tty/hvc/hvcs.c
index 8d40b20de27740245d095fc898c6592a6364bea6..ecf24195b1e9ce2aca0bad418fa787fcebae1a9a 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/hvc/hvcs.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/hvc/hvcs.c
@@ -810,12 +810,11 @@ static void hvcs_remove(struct vio_dev *dev)
 	tty_port_put(&hvcsd->port);
 
 	/*
-	 * The hangup is a scheduled function which will auto chain call
-	 * hvcs_hangup.  The tty should always be valid at this time unless a
+	 * The tty should always be valid at this time unless a
 	 * simultaneous tty close already cleaned up the hvcs_struct.
 	 */
 	if (tty) {
-		tty_hangup(tty);
+		tty_vhangup(tty);
 		tty_kref_put(tty);
 	}