diff --git a/drivers/tty/tty_io.c b/drivers/tty/tty_io.c
index 0c41dbcb90b8bc7d8ab430d562206e7c2469411f..bcc8e1e8bb720996cf73438c67a397362173edca 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/tty_io.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/tty_io.c
@@ -1282,18 +1282,22 @@ int tty_send_xchar(struct tty_struct *tty, char ch)
 	int	was_stopped = tty->stopped;
 
 	if (tty->ops->send_xchar) {
+		down_read(&tty->termios_rwsem);
 		tty->ops->send_xchar(tty, ch);
+		up_read(&tty->termios_rwsem);
 		return 0;
 	}
 
 	if (tty_write_lock(tty, 0) < 0)
 		return -ERESTARTSYS;
 
+	down_read(&tty->termios_rwsem);
 	if (was_stopped)
 		start_tty(tty);
 	tty->ops->write(tty, &ch, 1);
 	if (was_stopped)
 		stop_tty(tty);
+	up_read(&tty->termios_rwsem);
 	tty_write_unlock(tty);
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/drivers/tty/tty_ioctl.c b/drivers/tty/tty_ioctl.c
index 9c5aebfe7053cbcae1fd65a95f3312509525e8e6..1445dd39aa6227ab641130ef7344eaba9f113b86 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/tty_ioctl.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/tty_ioctl.c
@@ -1147,16 +1147,12 @@ int n_tty_ioctl_helper(struct tty_struct *tty, struct file *file,
 			spin_unlock_irq(&tty->flow_lock);
 			break;
 		case TCIOFF:
-			down_read(&tty->termios_rwsem);
 			if (STOP_CHAR(tty) != __DISABLED_CHAR)
 				retval = tty_send_xchar(tty, STOP_CHAR(tty));
-			up_read(&tty->termios_rwsem);
 			break;
 		case TCION:
-			down_read(&tty->termios_rwsem);
 			if (START_CHAR(tty) != __DISABLED_CHAR)
 				retval = tty_send_xchar(tty, START_CHAR(tty));
-			up_read(&tty->termios_rwsem);
 			break;
 		default:
 			return -EINVAL;