diff --git a/drivers/char/tty_ldisc.c b/drivers/char/tty_ldisc.c
index 94b3e06d73ec..874c2486c034 100644
--- a/drivers/char/tty_ldisc.c
+++ b/drivers/char/tty_ldisc.c
@@ -793,6 +793,8 @@ void tty_ldisc_hangup(struct tty_struct *tty)
 		/* Avoid racing set_ldisc */
 		mutex_lock(&tty->ldisc_mutex);
 		/* Switch back to N_TTY */
+		tty_ldisc_halt(tty);
+		tty_ldisc_wait_idle(tty);
 		tty_ldisc_reinit(tty);
 		/* At this point we have a closed ldisc and we want to
 		   reopen it. We could defer this to the next open but