diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index f0f962702c73..ea24fb9672a6 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: a30737ab7d99f27810b254787e5e62a6c92cb355
+refs/heads/master: 79901317ce80c43a0249ccc6e3fea9d0968e159e
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/tty/n_tty.c b/trunk/drivers/tty/n_tty.c
index 7e7f6514fb53..15f7195f4b4c 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/tty/n_tty.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/tty/n_tty.c
@@ -1596,7 +1596,9 @@ static void n_tty_close(struct tty_struct *tty)
 {
 	struct n_tty_data *ldata = tty->disc_data;
 
-	n_tty_flush_buffer(tty);
+	if (tty->link)
+		n_tty_packet_mode_flush(tty);
+
 	kfree(ldata->read_buf);
 	kfree(ldata->echo_buf);
 	kfree(ldata);