diff --git a/drivers/tty/n_tty.c b/drivers/tty/n_tty.c
index 89c4cee..fb3f519 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/n_tty.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/n_tty.c
@@ -2123,7 +2123,7 @@
 {
 	struct n_tty_data *ldata = tty->disc_data;
 	unsigned char __user *b = buf;
-	DECLARE_WAITQUEUE(wait, current);
+	DEFINE_WAIT_FUNC(wait, woken_wake_function);
 	int c;
 	int minimum, time;
 	ssize_t retval = 0;
@@ -2186,10 +2186,6 @@
 			nr--;
 			break;
 		}
-		/* This statement must be first before checking for input
-		   so that any interrupt will set the state back to
-		   TASK_RUNNING. */
-		set_current_state(TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE);
 
 		if (((minimum - (b - buf)) < ldata->minimum_to_wake) &&
 		    ((minimum - (b - buf)) >= 1))
@@ -2220,13 +2216,13 @@
 				n_tty_set_room(tty);
 				up_read(&tty->termios_rwsem);
 
-				timeout = schedule_timeout(timeout);
+				timeout = wait_woken(&wait, TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE,
+						     timeout);
 
 				down_read(&tty->termios_rwsem);
 				continue;
 			}
 		}
-		__set_current_state(TASK_RUNNING);
 
 		/* Deal with packet mode. */
 		if (packet && b == buf) {
@@ -2273,7 +2269,6 @@
 
 	mutex_unlock(&ldata->atomic_read_lock);
 
-	__set_current_state(TASK_RUNNING);
 	if (b - buf)
 		retval = b - buf;
 
@@ -2306,7 +2301,7 @@
 			   const unsigned char *buf, size_t nr)
 {
 	const unsigned char *b = buf;
-	DECLARE_WAITQUEUE(wait, current);
+	DEFINE_WAIT_FUNC(wait, woken_wake_function);
 	int c;
 	ssize_t retval = 0;
 
@@ -2324,7 +2319,6 @@
 
 	add_wait_queue(&tty->write_wait, &wait);
 	while (1) {
-		set_current_state(TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE);
 		if (signal_pending(current)) {
 			retval = -ERESTARTSYS;
 			break;
@@ -2378,12 +2372,11 @@
 		}
 		up_read(&tty->termios_rwsem);
 
-		schedule();
+		wait_woken(&wait, TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE, MAX_SCHEDULE_TIMEOUT);
 
 		down_read(&tty->termios_rwsem);
 	}
 break_out:
-	__set_current_state(TASK_RUNNING);
 	remove_wait_queue(&tty->write_wait, &wait);
 	if (b - buf != nr && tty->fasync)
 		set_bit(TTY_DO_WRITE_WAKEUP, &tty->flags);