unsigned char cor1 = 0, cor3 = 0;
        unsigned char mcor1 = 0, mcor2 = 0;
 
-       if (tty == NULL || tty->termios == NULL)
-               return;
-
        port->IER  = 0;
        port->COR2 = 0;
        port->MSVR = MSVR_RTS;
 
        spin_lock_irqsave(&riscom_lock, flags);
 
-       if (port->port.tty)
-               clear_bit(TTY_IO_ERROR, &port->port.tty->flags);
+       clear_bit(TTY_IO_ERROR, &port->port.tty->flags);
        if (port->port.count == 1)
                bp->count++;
        port->xmit_cnt = port->xmit_head = port->xmit_tail = 0;
 }
 
 /* Must be called with interrupts disabled */
-static void rc_shutdown_port(struct riscom_board *bp, struct riscom_port *port)
+static void rc_shutdown_port(struct tty_struct *tty,
+                       struct riscom_board *bp, struct riscom_port *port)
 {
-       struct tty_struct *tty;
-
        if (!(port->port.flags & ASYNC_INITIALIZED))
                return;
 
        }
 #endif
        tty_port_free_xmit_buf(&port->port);
-
-       tty = port->port.tty;
-
-       if (tty == NULL || C_HUPCL(tty)) {
+       if (C_HUPCL(tty)) {
                /* Drop DTR */
                bp->DTR |= (1u << port_No(port));
                rc_out(bp, RC_DTR, bp->DTR);
        port->IER = 0;
        rc_out(bp, CD180_IER, port->IER);
 
-       if (tty)
-               set_bit(TTY_IO_ERROR, &tty->flags);
+       set_bit(TTY_IO_ERROR, &tty->flags);
        port->port.flags &= ~ASYNC_INITIALIZED;
 
        if (--bp->count < 0)  {
                                break;
                }
        }
-       rc_shutdown_port(bp, port);
+       rc_shutdown_port(tty, bp, port);
        rc_flush_buffer(tty);
        tty_ldisc_flush(tty);
 
 
        bp = port_Board(port);
 
-       if (!tty || !port->port.xmit_buf)
-               return 0;
-
        while (1) {
                spin_lock_irqsave(&riscom_lock, flags);
 
        if (rc_paranoia_check(port, tty->name, "rc_put_char"))
                return 0;
 
-       if (!tty || !port->port.xmit_buf)
-               return 0;
-
        spin_lock_irqsave(&riscom_lock, flags);
 
        if (port->xmit_cnt >= SERIAL_XMIT_SIZE - 1)
        if (rc_paranoia_check(port, tty->name, "rc_flush_chars"))
                return;
 
-       if (port->xmit_cnt <= 0 || tty->stopped || tty->hw_stopped ||
-           !port->port.xmit_buf)
+       if (port->xmit_cnt <= 0 || tty->stopped || tty->hw_stopped)
                return;
 
        spin_lock_irqsave(&riscom_lock, flags);
 
        bp = port_Board(port);
 
-       rc_shutdown_port(bp, port);
+       rc_shutdown_port(tty, bp, port);
        port->port.count = 0;
        port->port.flags &= ~ASYNC_NORMAL_ACTIVE;
        port->port.tty = NULL;