return 0;
 }
 
-static int ipoctal_open(struct tty_struct *tty, struct file *file)
+static int ipoctal_install(struct tty_driver *driver, struct tty_struct *tty)
 {
        struct ipoctal_channel *channel = dev_get_drvdata(tty->dev);
        struct ipoctal *ipoctal = chan_to_ipoctal(channel, tty->index);
-       int err;
-
-       tty->driver_data = channel;
+       int res;
 
        if (!ipack_get_carrier(ipoctal->dev))
                return -EBUSY;
 
-       err = tty_port_open(&channel->tty_port, tty, file);
-       if (err)
-               ipack_put_carrier(ipoctal->dev);
+       res = tty_standard_install(driver, tty);
+       if (res)
+               goto err_put_carrier;
+
+       tty->driver_data = channel;
+
+       return 0;
+
+err_put_carrier:
+       ipack_put_carrier(ipoctal->dev);
+
+       return res;
+}
+
+static int ipoctal_open(struct tty_struct *tty, struct file *file)
+{
+       struct ipoctal_channel *channel = tty->driver_data;
 
-       return err;
+       return tty_port_open(&channel->tty_port, tty, file);
 }
 
 static void ipoctal_reset_stats(struct ipoctal_stats *stats)
 
 static const struct tty_operations ipoctal_fops = {
        .ioctl =                NULL,
+       .install =              ipoctal_install,
        .open =                 ipoctal_open,
        .close =                ipoctal_close,
        .write =                ipoctal_write_tty,