diff --git a/drivers/tty/n_tty.c b/drivers/tty/n_tty.c
index 8933ef1f83c0e..5e988e5146531 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/n_tty.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/n_tty.c
@@ -1329,7 +1329,7 @@ static void n_tty_receive_char_special(struct tty_struct *tty, unsigned char c)
 			put_tty_queue(c, ldata);
 			smp_store_release(&ldata->canon_head, ldata->read_head);
 			kill_fasync(&tty->fasync, SIGIO, POLL_IN);
-			wake_up_interruptible_poll(&tty->read_wait, EPOLLIN);
+			wake_up_interruptible_poll(&tty->read_wait, EPOLLIN | EPOLLRDNORM);
 			return;
 		}
 	}
@@ -1561,7 +1561,7 @@ static void __receive_buf(struct tty_struct *tty, const unsigned char *cp,
 
 	if (read_cnt(ldata)) {
 		kill_fasync(&tty->fasync, SIGIO, POLL_IN);
-		wake_up_interruptible_poll(&tty->read_wait, EPOLLIN);
+		wake_up_interruptible_poll(&tty->read_wait, EPOLLIN | EPOLLRDNORM);
 	}
 }