diff --git a/drivers/tty/n_tty.c b/drivers/tty/n_tty.c
index ceae0744cbb8..3ebab0cfceb2 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/n_tty.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/n_tty.c
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@
 static inline int tty_put_user(struct tty_struct *tty, unsigned char x,
 			       unsigned char __user *ptr)
 {
-	tty_audit_add_data(tty, &x, 1);
+	tty_audit_add_data(tty, &x, 1, tty->icanon);
 	return put_user(x, ptr);
 }
 
@@ -1644,7 +1644,8 @@ static int copy_from_read_buf(struct tty_struct *tty,
 		n -= retval;
 		is_eof = n == 1 &&
 			tty->read_buf[tty->read_tail] == EOF_CHAR(tty);
-		tty_audit_add_data(tty, &tty->read_buf[tty->read_tail], n);
+		tty_audit_add_data(tty, &tty->read_buf[tty->read_tail], n,
+				tty->icanon);
 		spin_lock_irqsave(&tty->read_lock, flags);
 		tty->read_tail = (tty->read_tail + n) & (N_TTY_BUF_SIZE-1);
 		tty->read_cnt -= n;
diff --git a/drivers/tty/tty_audit.c b/drivers/tty/tty_audit.c
index b0b39b823ccf..6953dc82850c 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/tty_audit.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/tty_audit.c
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ struct tty_audit_buf {
 };
 
 static struct tty_audit_buf *tty_audit_buf_alloc(int major, int minor,
-						 int icanon)
+						 unsigned icanon)
 {
 	struct tty_audit_buf *buf;
 
@@ -239,7 +239,8 @@ int tty_audit_push_task(struct task_struct *tsk, kuid_t loginuid, u32 sessionid)
  *	if TTY auditing is disabled or out of memory.  Otherwise, return a new
  *	reference to the buffer.
  */
-static struct tty_audit_buf *tty_audit_buf_get(struct tty_struct *tty)
+static struct tty_audit_buf *tty_audit_buf_get(struct tty_struct *tty,
+		unsigned icanon)
 {
 	struct tty_audit_buf *buf, *buf2;
 
@@ -257,7 +258,7 @@ static struct tty_audit_buf *tty_audit_buf_get(struct tty_struct *tty)
 
 	buf2 = tty_audit_buf_alloc(tty->driver->major,
 				   tty->driver->minor_start + tty->index,
-				   tty->icanon);
+				   icanon);
 	if (buf2 == NULL) {
 		audit_log_lost("out of memory in TTY auditing");
 		return NULL;
@@ -287,7 +288,7 @@ static struct tty_audit_buf *tty_audit_buf_get(struct tty_struct *tty)
  *	Audit @data of @size from @tty, if necessary.
  */
 void tty_audit_add_data(struct tty_struct *tty, unsigned char *data,
-			size_t size)
+			size_t size, unsigned icanon)
 {
 	struct tty_audit_buf *buf;
 	int major, minor;
@@ -299,7 +300,7 @@ void tty_audit_add_data(struct tty_struct *tty, unsigned char *data,
 	    && tty->driver->subtype == PTY_TYPE_MASTER)
 		return;
 
-	buf = tty_audit_buf_get(tty);
+	buf = tty_audit_buf_get(tty, icanon);
 	if (!buf)
 		return;
 
@@ -307,11 +308,11 @@ void tty_audit_add_data(struct tty_struct *tty, unsigned char *data,
 	major = tty->driver->major;
 	minor = tty->driver->minor_start + tty->index;
 	if (buf->major != major || buf->minor != minor
-	    || buf->icanon != tty->icanon) {
+	    || buf->icanon != icanon) {
 		tty_audit_buf_push_current(buf);
 		buf->major = major;
 		buf->minor = minor;
-		buf->icanon = tty->icanon;
+		buf->icanon = icanon;
 	}
 	do {
 		size_t run;
diff --git a/include/linux/tty.h b/include/linux/tty.h
index f0b4eb47297c..f02712da5d85 100644
--- a/include/linux/tty.h
+++ b/include/linux/tty.h
@@ -535,7 +535,7 @@ extern void n_tty_inherit_ops(struct tty_ldisc_ops *ops);
 /* tty_audit.c */
 #ifdef CONFIG_AUDIT
 extern void tty_audit_add_data(struct tty_struct *tty, unsigned char *data,
-			       size_t size);
+			       size_t size, unsigned icanon);
 extern void tty_audit_exit(void);
 extern void tty_audit_fork(struct signal_struct *sig);
 extern void tty_audit_tiocsti(struct tty_struct *tty, char ch);
@@ -544,7 +544,7 @@ extern int tty_audit_push_task(struct task_struct *tsk,
 			       kuid_t loginuid, u32 sessionid);
 #else
 static inline void tty_audit_add_data(struct tty_struct *tty,
-				      unsigned char *data, size_t size)
+		unsigned char *data, size_t size, unsigned icanon)
 {
 }
 static inline void tty_audit_tiocsti(struct tty_struct *tty, char ch)