diff --git a/drivers/tty/tty_mutex.c b/drivers/tty/tty_mutex.c
index 77703a39..d2f3c4c 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/tty_mutex.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/tty_mutex.c
@@ -19,6 +19,14 @@
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(tty_lock);
 
+int tty_lock_interruptible(struct tty_struct *tty)
+{
+	if (WARN(tty->magic != TTY_MAGIC, "L Bad %p\n", tty))
+		return -EIO;
+	tty_kref_get(tty);
+	return mutex_lock_interruptible(&tty->legacy_mutex);
+}
+
 void __lockfunc tty_unlock(struct tty_struct *tty)
 {
 	if (WARN(tty->magic != TTY_MAGIC, "U Bad %p\n", tty))