diff --git a/drivers/tty/n_tty.c b/drivers/tty/n_tty.c
index 2caa293..c7f8f7b 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/n_tty.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/n_tty.c
@@ -274,7 +274,8 @@
 			return;
 		n_tty_set_room(tty);
 		n_tty_write_wakeup(tty->link);
-		wake_up_interruptible_poll(&tty->link->write_wait, POLLOUT);
+		if (waitqueue_active(&tty->link->write_wait))
+			wake_up_interruptible_poll(&tty->link->write_wait, POLLOUT);
 		return;
 	}
 
@@ -349,7 +350,8 @@
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&tty->ctrl_lock, flags);
 	if (tty->link->packet) {
 		tty->ctrl_status |= TIOCPKT_FLUSHREAD;
-		wake_up_interruptible(&tty->link->read_wait);
+		if (waitqueue_active(&tty->link->read_wait))
+			wake_up_interruptible(&tty->link->read_wait);
 	}
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&tty->ctrl_lock, flags);
 }
@@ -1155,7 +1157,8 @@
 		put_tty_queue('\0', ldata);
 	}
 	put_tty_queue('\0', ldata);
-	wake_up_interruptible(&tty->read_wait);
+	if (waitqueue_active(&tty->read_wait))
+		wake_up_interruptible(&tty->read_wait);
 }
 
 /**
@@ -1213,7 +1216,8 @@
 		put_tty_queue('\0', ldata);
 	else
 		put_tty_queue(c, ldata);
-	wake_up_interruptible(&tty->read_wait);
+	if (waitqueue_active(&tty->read_wait))
+		wake_up_interruptible(&tty->read_wait);
 }
 
 static void
@@ -1802,8 +1806,10 @@
 		start_tty(tty);
 
 	/* The termios change make the tty ready for I/O */
-	wake_up_interruptible(&tty->write_wait);
-	wake_up_interruptible(&tty->read_wait);
+	if (waitqueue_active(&tty->write_wait))
+		wake_up_interruptible(&tty->write_wait);
+	if (waitqueue_active(&tty->read_wait))
+		wake_up_interruptible(&tty->read_wait);
 }
 
 /**