diff --git a/include/linux/tty.h b/include/linux/tty.h
index d6f0529..6660c41 100644
--- a/include/linux/tty.h
+++ b/include/linux/tty.h
@@ -420,6 +420,8 @@
 extern void tty_throttle(struct tty_struct *tty);
 extern void tty_unthrottle(struct tty_struct *tty);
 extern int tty_do_resize(struct tty_struct *tty, struct winsize *ws);
+extern void tty_driver_remove_tty(struct tty_driver *driver,
+				  struct tty_struct *tty);
 extern void tty_shutdown(struct tty_struct *tty);
 extern void tty_free_termios(struct tty_struct *tty);
 extern int is_current_pgrp_orphaned(void);
diff --git a/include/linux/tty_driver.h b/include/linux/tty_driver.h
index 9deeac8..ecdaeb9 100644
--- a/include/linux/tty_driver.h
+++ b/include/linux/tty_driver.h
@@ -47,6 +47,9 @@
  *
  * 	This routine is called synchronously when a particular tty device
  *	is closed for the last time freeing up the resources.
+ *	Note that tty_shutdown() is not called if ops->shutdown is defined.
+ *	This means one is responsible to take care of calling ops->remove (e.g.
+ *	via tty_driver_remove_tty) and releasing tty->termios.
  *
  *
  * void (*cleanup)(struct tty_struct * tty);