diff --git a/drivers/tty/n_tty.c b/drivers/tty/n_tty.c
index f1806de..fa5cb46 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/n_tty.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/n_tty.c
@@ -1801,20 +1801,16 @@
 	minimum = time = 0;
 	timeout = MAX_SCHEDULE_TIMEOUT;
 	if (!ldata->icanon) {
-		time = (HZ / 10) * TIME_CHAR(tty);
 		minimum = MIN_CHAR(tty);
 		if (minimum) {
+			time = (HZ / 10) * TIME_CHAR(tty);
 			if (time)
 				ldata->minimum_to_wake = 1;
 			else if (!waitqueue_active(&tty->read_wait) ||
 				 (ldata->minimum_to_wake > minimum))
 				ldata->minimum_to_wake = minimum;
 		} else {
-			timeout = 0;
-			if (time) {
-				timeout = time;
-				time = 0;
-			}
+			timeout = (HZ / 10) * TIME_CHAR(tty);
 			ldata->minimum_to_wake = minimum = 1;
 		}
 	}