diff --git a/drivers/tty/n_tty.c b/drivers/tty/n_tty.c
index 1c70541..a8a7a13 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/n_tty.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/n_tty.c
@@ -126,6 +126,8 @@
 	struct mutex output_lock;
 };
 
+#define MASK(x) ((x) & (N_TTY_BUF_SIZE - 1))
+
 static inline size_t read_cnt(struct n_tty_data *ldata)
 {
 	return ldata->read_head - ldata->read_tail;
@@ -980,14 +982,15 @@
 	}
 
 	seen_alnums = 0;
-	while (ldata->read_head != ldata->canon_head) {
+	while (MASK(ldata->read_head) != MASK(ldata->canon_head)) {
 		head = ldata->read_head;
 
 		/* erase a single possibly multibyte character */
 		do {
 			head--;
 			c = read_buf(ldata, head);
-		} while (is_continuation(c, tty) && head != ldata->canon_head);
+		} while (is_continuation(c, tty) &&
+			 MASK(head) != MASK(ldata->canon_head));
 
 		/* do not partially erase */
 		if (is_continuation(c, tty))
@@ -1029,7 +1032,7 @@
 				 * This info is used to go back the correct
 				 * number of columns.
 				 */
-				while (tail != ldata->canon_head) {
+				while (MASK(tail) != MASK(ldata->canon_head)) {
 					tail--;
 					c = read_buf(ldata, tail);
 					if (c == '\t') {
@@ -1304,7 +1307,7 @@
 			finish_erasing(ldata);
 			echo_char(c, tty);
 			echo_char_raw('\n', ldata);
-			while (tail != ldata->read_head) {
+			while (MASK(tail) != MASK(ldata->read_head)) {
 				echo_char(read_buf(ldata, tail), tty);
 				tail++;
 			}
@@ -2413,7 +2416,7 @@
 	tail = ldata->read_tail;
 	nr = head - tail;
 	/* Skip EOF-chars.. */
-	while (head != tail) {
+	while (MASK(head) != MASK(tail)) {
 		if (test_bit(tail & (N_TTY_BUF_SIZE - 1), ldata->read_flags) &&
 		    read_buf(ldata, tail) == __DISABLED_CHAR)
 			nr--;