static void line_timer_cb(struct work_struct *work)
 {
        struct line *line = container_of(work, struct line, task.work);
+       struct tty_struct *tty = tty_port_tty_get(&line->port);
 
        if (!line->throttled)
-               chan_interrupt(line, line->tty, line->driver->read_irq);
+               chan_interrupt(line, tty, line->driver->read_irq);
+       tty_kref_put(tty);
 }
 
 int enable_chan(struct line *line)
 
 {
        struct chan *chan = data;
        struct line *line = chan->line;
+       struct tty_struct *tty = tty_port_tty_get(&line->port);
 
        if (line)
-               chan_interrupt(line, line->tty, irq);
+               chan_interrupt(line, tty, irq);
+       tty_kref_put(tty);
        return IRQ_HANDLED;
 }
 
 {
        struct chan *chan = data;
        struct line *line = chan->line;
-       struct tty_struct *tty = line->tty;
+       struct tty_struct *tty;
        int err;
 
        /*
        }
        spin_unlock(&line->lock);
 
+       tty = tty_port_tty_get(&line->port);
        if (tty == NULL)
                return IRQ_NONE;
 
        tty_wakeup(tty);
+       tty_kref_put(tty);
+
        return IRQ_HANDLED;
 }
 
 
        BUG_ON(tty->driver_data);
        tty->driver_data = line;
-       line->tty = tty;
+       tty_port_tty_set(&line->port, tty);
 
        err = enable_chan(line);
        if (err) /* line_close() will be called by our caller */
        if (--line->port.count)
                goto out_unlock;
 
-       line->tty = NULL;
+       tty_port_tty_set(&line->port, NULL);
        tty->driver_data = NULL;
 
        if (line->sigio) {
        mutex_lock(&line->count_lock);
        if (!line->valid)
                CONFIG_CHUNK(str, size, n, "none", 1);
-       else if (line->tty == NULL)
-               CONFIG_CHUNK(str, size, n, line->init_str, 1);
-       else n = chan_config_string(line, str, size, error_out);
+       else {
+               struct tty_struct *tty = tty_port_tty_get(&line->port);
+               if (tty == NULL) {
+                       CONFIG_CHUNK(str, size, n, line->init_str, 1);
+               } else {
+                       n = chan_config_string(line, str, size, error_out);
+                       tty_kref_put(tty);
+               }
+       }
        mutex_unlock(&line->count_lock);
 
        return n;