diff --git a/drivers/tty/n_tty.c b/drivers/tty/n_tty.c
index 0e3efc1ed2d5..59eb444fe17c 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/n_tty.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/n_tty.c
@@ -231,6 +231,8 @@ static void n_tty_write_wakeup(struct tty_struct *tty)
 
 static inline void n_tty_check_throttle(struct tty_struct *tty)
 {
+	if (tty->driver->type == TTY_DRIVER_TYPE_PTY)
+		return;
 	/*
 	 * Check the remaining room for the input canonicalization
 	 * mode.  We don't want to throttle the driver if we're in
@@ -250,6 +252,18 @@ static inline void n_tty_check_throttle(struct tty_struct *tty)
 
 static inline void n_tty_check_unthrottle(struct tty_struct *tty)
 {
+	if (tty->driver->type == TTY_DRIVER_TYPE_PTY &&
+	    tty->link->ldisc->ops->write_wakeup == n_tty_write_wakeup) {
+		if (chars_in_buffer(tty) > TTY_THRESHOLD_UNTHROTTLE)
+			return;
+		if (!tty->count)
+			return;
+		n_tty_set_room(tty);
+		n_tty_write_wakeup(tty->link);
+		wake_up_interruptible_poll(&tty->link->write_wait, POLLOUT);
+		return;
+	}
+
 	/* If there is enough space in the read buffer now, let the
 	 * low-level driver know. We use chars_in_buffer() to
 	 * check the buffer, as it now knows about canonical mode.