diff --git a/drivers/tty/tty_buffer.c b/drivers/tty/tty_buffer.c
index 578aa75..9121c1f 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/tty_buffer.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/tty_buffer.c
@@ -449,11 +449,6 @@
 				tty_buffer_free(port, head);
 				continue;
 			}
-			/* Ldisc or user is trying to flush the buffers
-			   we are feeding to the ldisc, stop feeding the
-			   line discipline as we want to empty the queue */
-			if (test_bit(TTYP_FLUSHPENDING, &port->iflags))
-				break;
 			if (!tty->receive_room)
 				break;
 			if (count > tty->receive_room)
@@ -465,17 +460,20 @@
 			disc->ops->receive_buf(tty, char_buf,
 							flag_buf, count);
 			spin_lock_irqsave(&buf->lock, flags);
+			/* Ldisc or user is trying to flush the buffers.
+			   We may have a deferred request to flush the
+			   input buffer, if so pull the chain under the lock
+			   and empty the queue */
+			if (test_bit(TTYP_FLUSHPENDING, &port->iflags)) {
+				__tty_buffer_flush(port);
+				clear_bit(TTYP_FLUSHPENDING, &port->iflags);
+				wake_up(&tty->read_wait);
+				break;
+			}
 		}
 		clear_bit(TTYP_FLUSHING, &port->iflags);
 	}
 
-	/* We may have a deferred request to flush the input buffer,
-	   if so pull the chain under the lock and empty the queue */
-	if (test_bit(TTYP_FLUSHPENDING, &port->iflags)) {
-		__tty_buffer_flush(port);
-		clear_bit(TTYP_FLUSHPENDING, &port->iflags);
-		wake_up(&tty->read_wait);
-	}
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&buf->lock, flags);
 
 	tty_ldisc_deref(disc);