*     state closed
  */
 
-static void tty_ldisc_reinit(struct tty_struct *tty, int ldisc)
+static int tty_ldisc_reinit(struct tty_struct *tty, int ldisc)
 {
-       struct tty_ldisc *ld;
+       struct tty_ldisc *ld = tty_ldisc_get(ldisc);
+
+       if (IS_ERR(ld))
+               return -1;
 
        tty_ldisc_close(tty, tty->ldisc);
        tty_ldisc_put(tty->ldisc);
        /*
         *      Switch the line discipline back
         */
-       ld = tty_ldisc_get(ldisc);
-       BUG_ON(IS_ERR(ld));
        tty_ldisc_assign(tty, ld);
        tty_set_termios_ldisc(tty, ldisc);
+
+       return 0;
 }
 
 /**
           a FIXME */
        if (tty->ldisc) {       /* Not yet closed */
                if (reset == 0) {
-                       tty_ldisc_reinit(tty, tty->termios->c_line);
-                       err = tty_ldisc_open(tty, tty->ldisc);
+
+                       if (!tty_ldisc_reinit(tty, tty->termios->c_line))
+                               err = tty_ldisc_open(tty, tty->ldisc);
+                       else
+                               err = 1;
                }
                /* If the re-open fails or we reset then go to N_TTY. The
                   N_TTY open cannot fail */
                if (reset || err) {
-                       tty_ldisc_reinit(tty, N_TTY);
+                       BUG_ON(tty_ldisc_reinit(tty, N_TTY));
                        WARN_ON(tty_ldisc_open(tty, tty->ldisc));
                }
                tty_ldisc_enable(tty);