diff --git a/drivers/bluetooth/hci_ldisc.c b/drivers/bluetooth/hci_ldisc.c
index a6c2619ec782a99dbc04b372be4c4a4fc862ce6d..e5cd856a2fea9cce67404059f0e52d8a82ac5d2c 100644
--- a/drivers/bluetooth/hci_ldisc.c
+++ b/drivers/bluetooth/hci_ldisc.c
@@ -370,9 +370,7 @@ static void hci_uart_tty_receive(struct tty_struct *tty, const u8 *data, char *f
 	hu->hdev->stat.byte_rx += count;
 	spin_unlock(&hu->rx_lock);
 
-	if (test_and_clear_bit(TTY_THROTTLED, &tty->flags) &&
-					tty->ops->unthrottle)
-		tty->ops->unthrottle(tty);
+	tty_unthrottle(tty);
 }
 
 static int hci_uart_register_dev(struct hci_uart *hu)
diff --git a/drivers/char/n_tty.c b/drivers/char/n_tty.c
index abc93a93dcdd741202c9a8f59516046ad10ab0c8..19105ec203f7afe611edfdc10c99bf50741ccecc 100644
--- a/drivers/char/n_tty.c
+++ b/drivers/char/n_tty.c
@@ -147,10 +147,8 @@ static void put_tty_queue(unsigned char c, struct tty_struct *tty)
 
 static void check_unthrottle(struct tty_struct *tty)
 {
-	if (tty->count &&
-	    test_and_clear_bit(TTY_THROTTLED, &tty->flags) &&
-	    tty->ops->unthrottle)
-		tty->ops->unthrottle(tty);
+	if (tty->count)
+		tty_unthrottle(tty);
 }
 
 /**
@@ -982,12 +980,8 @@ static void n_tty_receive_buf(struct tty_struct *tty, const unsigned char *cp,
 	 * mode.  We don't want to throttle the driver if we're in
 	 * canonical mode and don't have a newline yet!
 	 */
-	if (tty->receive_room < TTY_THRESHOLD_THROTTLE) {
-		/* check TTY_THROTTLED first so it indicates our state */
-		if (!test_and_set_bit(TTY_THROTTLED, &tty->flags) &&
-		    tty->ops->throttle)
-			tty->ops->throttle(tty);
-	}
+	if (tty->receive_room < TTY_THRESHOLD_THROTTLE)
+		tty_throttle(tty);
 }
 
 int is_ignored(int sig)
diff --git a/drivers/char/tty_ioctl.c b/drivers/char/tty_ioctl.c
index c10d40c4c5cac49739dc7dd842023976acf553cc..b1a757a5ee271c9c4a4dc5a4b2fc18c35c7fb491 100644
--- a/drivers/char/tty_ioctl.c
+++ b/drivers/char/tty_ioctl.c
@@ -67,6 +67,22 @@ void tty_driver_flush_buffer(struct tty_struct *tty)
 
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(tty_driver_flush_buffer);
 
+void tty_throttle(struct tty_struct *tty)
+{
+	/* check TTY_THROTTLED first so it indicates our state */
+	if (!test_and_set_bit(TTY_THROTTLED, &tty->flags) &&
+	    tty->ops->throttle)
+		tty->ops->throttle(tty);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(tty_throttle);
+
+void tty_unthrottle(struct tty_struct *tty)
+{
+	if (test_and_clear_bit(TTY_THROTTLED, &tty->flags) &&
+	    tty->ops->unthrottle)
+		tty->ops->unthrottle(tty);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(tty_unthrottle);
 
 /**
  *	tty_wait_until_sent	-	wait for I/O to finish
diff --git a/drivers/net/hamradio/6pack.c b/drivers/net/hamradio/6pack.c
index 82a36266dfc92999324f68414e92dd95a8dec0a2..9d5721287d6f50d7030499e4470b41a36f4cb6b5 100644
--- a/drivers/net/hamradio/6pack.c
+++ b/drivers/net/hamradio/6pack.c
@@ -491,9 +491,7 @@ static void sixpack_receive_buf(struct tty_struct *tty,
 	sixpack_decode(sp, buf, count1);
 
 	sp_put(sp);
-	if (test_and_clear_bit(TTY_THROTTLED, &tty->flags)
-	    && tty->ops->unthrottle)
-		tty->ops->unthrottle(tty);
+	tty_unthrottle(tty);
 }
 
 /*
diff --git a/drivers/net/hamradio/mkiss.c b/drivers/net/hamradio/mkiss.c
index ebcc5adee7cc39ebbfb80300c645363aaecfcdc0..65166035aca0c81b5bea15d608bb88cf945ef24c 100644
--- a/drivers/net/hamradio/mkiss.c
+++ b/drivers/net/hamradio/mkiss.c
@@ -936,9 +936,7 @@ static void mkiss_receive_buf(struct tty_struct *tty, const unsigned char *cp,
 	}
 
 	mkiss_put(ax);
-	if (test_and_clear_bit(TTY_THROTTLED, &tty->flags)
-	    && tty->ops->unthrottle)
-		tty->ops->unthrottle(tty);
+	tty_unthrottle(tty);
 }
 
 /*
diff --git a/drivers/net/ppp_async.c b/drivers/net/ppp_async.c
index 1c4b7e37912c776afebb49f505d77bc6f03975af..f1a52def1241a387c28ed6f5a045b839df8f994f 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ppp_async.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ppp_async.c
@@ -361,9 +361,7 @@ ppp_asynctty_receive(struct tty_struct *tty, const unsigned char *buf,
 	if (!skb_queue_empty(&ap->rqueue))
 		tasklet_schedule(&ap->tsk);
 	ap_put(ap);
-	if (test_and_clear_bit(TTY_THROTTLED, &tty->flags)
-	    && tty->ops->unthrottle)
-		tty->ops->unthrottle(tty);
+	tty_unthrottle(tty);
 }
 
 static void
diff --git a/drivers/net/ppp_synctty.c b/drivers/net/ppp_synctty.c
index 48ed5fdbfe18602ef0f78e497302c24d3003b885..b8f0369a71e777a30b8a52897184a6cca3a2cb4a 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ppp_synctty.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ppp_synctty.c
@@ -401,9 +401,7 @@ ppp_sync_receive(struct tty_struct *tty, const unsigned char *buf,
 	if (!skb_queue_empty(&ap->rqueue))
 		tasklet_schedule(&ap->tsk);
 	sp_put(ap);
-	if (test_and_clear_bit(TTY_THROTTLED, &tty->flags)
-	    && tty->ops->unthrottle)
-		tty->ops->unthrottle(tty);
+	tty_unthrottle(tty);
 }
 
 static void
diff --git a/include/linux/tty.h b/include/linux/tty.h
index c36a76da2ae2c433ba6b2c7c40c279135cbe85e3..7f7121f9c9687a0e5692469b3ded0d082e5f0fb7 100644
--- a/include/linux/tty.h
+++ b/include/linux/tty.h
@@ -303,6 +303,8 @@ extern int tty_put_char(struct tty_struct *tty, unsigned char c);
 extern int tty_chars_in_buffer(struct tty_struct *tty);
 extern int tty_write_room(struct tty_struct *tty);
 extern void tty_driver_flush_buffer(struct tty_struct *tty);
+extern void tty_throttle(struct tty_struct *tty);
+extern void tty_unthrottle(struct tty_struct *tty);
 
 extern int is_current_pgrp_orphaned(void);
 extern struct pid *tty_get_pgrp(struct tty_struct *tty);
diff --git a/include/linux/tty_driver.h b/include/linux/tty_driver.h
index f80d73b690f65d1c03d5bd0c0c4844c0cc7a7e4e..59f1c0bd8f9c6f8734a1320185a3eb28a9b29990 100644
--- a/include/linux/tty_driver.h
+++ b/include/linux/tty_driver.h
@@ -100,6 +100,8 @@
  * 	This routine notifies the tty driver that input buffers for
  * 	the line discipline are close to full, and it should somehow
  * 	signal that no more characters should be sent to the tty.
+ *
+ *	Optional: Always invoke via tty_throttle();
  * 
  * void (*unthrottle)(struct tty_struct * tty);
  *
@@ -107,6 +109,8 @@
  * 	that characters can now be sent to the tty without fear of
  * 	overrunning the input buffers of the line disciplines.
  * 
+ *	Optional: Always invoke via tty_unthrottle();
+ *
  * void (*stop)(struct tty_struct *tty);
  *
  * 	This routine notifies the tty driver that it should stop