diff --git a/drivers/tty/ehv_bytechan.c b/drivers/tty/ehv_bytechan.c
index 5164f9a..ed92622 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/ehv_bytechan.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/ehv_bytechan.c
@@ -371,16 +371,11 @@
 static irqreturn_t ehv_bc_tty_rx_isr(int irq, void *data)
 {
 	struct ehv_bc_data *bc = data;
-	struct tty_struct *ttys = tty_port_tty_get(&bc->port);
 	unsigned int rx_count, tx_count, len;
 	int count;
 	char buffer[EV_BYTE_CHANNEL_MAX_BYTES];
 	int ret;
 
-	/* ttys could be NULL during a hangup */
-	if (!ttys)
-		return IRQ_HANDLED;
-
 	/* Find out how much data needs to be read, and then ask the TTY layer
 	 * if it can handle that much.  We want to ensure that every byte we
 	 * read from the byte channel will be accepted by the TTY layer.
@@ -422,9 +417,7 @@
 	}
 
 	/* Tell the tty layer that we're done. */
-	tty_flip_buffer_push(ttys);
-
-	tty_kref_put(ttys);
+	tty_flip_buffer_push(&bc->port);
 
 	return IRQ_HANDLED;
 }