diff --git a/drivers/s390/char/con3215.c b/drivers/s390/char/con3215.c
index 9ffb6d5..4ed343e 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/char/con3215.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/char/con3215.c
@@ -44,7 +44,6 @@
 #define RAW3215_NR_CCWS	    3
 #define RAW3215_TIMEOUT	    HZ/10     /* time for delayed output */
 
-#define RAW3215_FIXED	    1	      /* 3215 console device is not be freed */
 #define RAW3215_WORKING	    4	      /* set if a request is being worked on */
 #define RAW3215_THROTTLED   8	      /* set if reading is disabled */
 #define RAW3215_STOPPED	    16	      /* set if writing is disabled */
@@ -339,8 +338,10 @@
 	struct tty_struct *tty;
 
 	tty = tty_port_tty_get(&raw->port);
-	tty_wakeup(tty);
-	tty_kref_put(tty);
+	if (tty) {
+		tty_wakeup(tty);
+		tty_kref_put(tty);
+	}
 }
 
 /*
@@ -629,8 +630,7 @@
 	DECLARE_WAITQUEUE(wait, current);
 	unsigned long flags;
 
-	if (!(raw->port.flags & ASYNC_INITIALIZED) ||
-			(raw->flags & RAW3215_FIXED))
+	if (!(raw->port.flags & ASYNC_INITIALIZED))
 		return;
 	/* Wait for outstanding requests, then free irq */
 	spin_lock_irqsave(get_ccwdev_lock(raw->cdev), flags);
@@ -926,8 +926,6 @@
 	dev_set_drvdata(&cdev->dev, raw);
 	cdev->handler = raw3215_irq;
 
-	raw->flags |= RAW3215_FIXED;
-
 	/* Request the console irq */
 	if (raw3215_startup(raw) != 0) {
 		raw3215_free_info(raw);