diff --git a/net/irda/ircomm/ircomm_tty.c b/net/irda/ircomm/ircomm_tty.c
index 95a3a7a336ba86a0b8b3790a7ce8e722f17db1a2..496ce2cebcd7316f7a1eab1051758e2f90b22263 100644
--- a/net/irda/ircomm/ircomm_tty.c
+++ b/net/irda/ircomm/ircomm_tty.c
@@ -421,6 +421,8 @@ static int ircomm_tty_install(struct tty_driver *driver, struct tty_struct *tty)
 		hashbin_insert(ircomm_tty, (irda_queue_t *) self, line, NULL);
 	}
 
+	tty->driver_data = self;
+
 	return tty_port_install(&self->port, driver, tty);
 }