diff --git a/drivers/tty/n_tty.c b/drivers/tty/n_tty.c
index faf50df..1c70541 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/n_tty.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/n_tty.c
@@ -2182,6 +2182,12 @@
 				}
 				if (tty_hung_up_p(file))
 					break;
+				/*
+				 * Abort readers for ttys which never actually
+				 * get hung up.  See __tty_hangup().
+				 */
+				if (test_bit(TTY_HUPPING, &tty->flags))
+					break;
 				if (!timeout)
 					break;
 				if (file->f_flags & O_NONBLOCK) {