diff --git a/drivers/tty/n_tty.c b/drivers/tty/n_tty.c
index c7f71cb..e63beab 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/n_tty.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/n_tty.c
@@ -1574,6 +1574,7 @@
 		bitmap_zero(ldata->read_flags, N_TTY_BUF_SIZE);
 		ldata->canon_head = ldata->read_tail;
 		ldata->erasing = 0;
+		ldata->lnext = 0;
 	}
 
 	if (canon_change && !L_ICANON(tty) && read_cnt(ldata))