diff --git a/drivers/tty/tty_io.c b/drivers/tty/tty_io.c
index ee80dfbd5442b034451e396cd66608e41e8e43bb..687250ec8032359f7ccdd0bfbd2b6e8b3bb4e1f5 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/tty_io.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/tty_io.c
@@ -1373,7 +1373,13 @@ struct tty_struct *tty_init_dev(struct tty_driver *driver, int idx)
 	return ERR_PTR(retval);
 }
 
-static void tty_free_termios(struct tty_struct *tty)
+/**
+ * tty_save_termios() - save tty termios data in driver table
+ * @tty: tty whose termios data to save
+ *
+ * Locking: Caller guarantees serialisation with tty_init_termios().
+ */
+void tty_save_termios(struct tty_struct *tty)
 {
 	struct ktermios *tp;
 	int idx = tty->index;
@@ -1392,6 +1398,7 @@ static void tty_free_termios(struct tty_struct *tty)
 	}
 	*tp = tty->termios;
 }
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(tty_save_termios);
 
 /**
  *	tty_flush_works		-	flush all works of a tty/pty pair
@@ -1491,7 +1498,7 @@ static void release_tty(struct tty_struct *tty, int idx)
 	WARN_ON(!mutex_is_locked(&tty_mutex));
 	if (tty->ops->shutdown)
 		tty->ops->shutdown(tty);
-	tty_free_termios(tty);
+	tty_save_termios(tty);
 	tty_driver_remove_tty(tty->driver, tty);
 	tty->port->itty = NULL;
 	if (tty->link)
diff --git a/drivers/usb/serial/console.c b/drivers/usb/serial/console.c
index 17940589c647cfdcbcd81e7e3b0c5d30dec6e8b8..7d289302ff6cfd22578885acbbadb6a048a9f5af 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/serial/console.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/serial/console.c
@@ -101,7 +101,6 @@ static int usb_console_setup(struct console *co, char *options)
 		cflag |= PARENB;
 		break;
 	}
-	co->cflag = cflag;
 
 	/*
 	 * no need to check the index here: if the index is wrong, console
@@ -164,6 +163,7 @@ static int usb_console_setup(struct console *co, char *options)
 			serial->type->set_termios(tty, port, &dummy);
 
 			tty_port_tty_set(&port->port, NULL);
+			tty_save_termios(tty);
 			tty_kref_put(tty);
 		}
 		tty_port_set_initialized(&port->port, 1);
diff --git a/include/linux/tty.h b/include/linux/tty.h
index 414db2bce7150cc94c8b24cc4106161511e4ead1..392138fe59b6929ded24b6dabf317962c5fb3574 100644
--- a/include/linux/tty.h
+++ b/include/linux/tty.h
@@ -556,6 +556,7 @@ extern struct tty_struct *tty_init_dev(struct tty_driver *driver, int idx);
 extern void tty_release_struct(struct tty_struct *tty, int idx);
 extern int tty_release(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp);
 extern void tty_init_termios(struct tty_struct *tty);
+extern void tty_save_termios(struct tty_struct *tty);
 extern int tty_standard_install(struct tty_driver *driver,
 		struct tty_struct *tty);