diff --git a/drivers/tty/tty_ldisc.c b/drivers/tty/tty_ldisc.c
index 5d01d32e2cf0..ef925d581713 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/tty_ldisc.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/tty_ldisc.c
@@ -555,7 +555,7 @@ static void tty_ldisc_flush_works(struct tty_struct *tty)
 static int tty_ldisc_wait_idle(struct tty_struct *tty)
 {
 	int ret;
-	ret = wait_event_interruptible_timeout(tty_ldisc_idle,
+	ret = wait_event_timeout(tty_ldisc_idle,
 			atomic_read(&tty->ldisc->users) == 1, 5 * HZ);
 	if (ret < 0)
 		return ret;
@@ -763,6 +763,8 @@ static int tty_ldisc_reinit(struct tty_struct *tty, int ldisc)
 	if (IS_ERR(ld))
 		return -1;
 
+	WARN_ON_ONCE(tty_ldisc_wait_idle(tty));
+
 	tty_ldisc_close(tty, tty->ldisc);
 	tty_ldisc_put(tty->ldisc);
 	tty->ldisc = NULL;