diff --git a/drivers/tty/n_tty.c b/drivers/tty/n_tty.c
index b2fef10..d159059 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/n_tty.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/n_tty.c
@@ -98,7 +98,6 @@
 	char *read_buf;
 	size_t read_head;
 	size_t read_tail;
-	int read_cnt;
 	int minimum_to_wake;
 
 	unsigned char *echo_buf;
@@ -117,7 +116,7 @@
 
 static inline size_t read_cnt(struct n_tty_data *ldata)
 {
-	return ldata->read_cnt;
+	return ldata->read_head - ldata->read_tail;
 }
 
 static inline unsigned char read_buf(struct n_tty_data *ldata, size_t i)
@@ -198,7 +197,6 @@
 	if (read_cnt(ldata) < N_TTY_BUF_SIZE) {
 		*read_buf_addr(ldata, ldata->read_head) = c;
 		ldata->read_head++;
-		ldata->read_cnt++;
 	}
 }
 
@@ -239,7 +237,7 @@
 	unsigned long flags;
 
 	raw_spin_lock_irqsave(&ldata->read_lock, flags);
-	ldata->read_head = ldata->read_tail = ldata->read_cnt = 0;
+	ldata->read_head = ldata->read_tail = 0;
 	raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ldata->read_lock, flags);
 
 	mutex_lock(&ldata->echo_lock);
@@ -942,16 +940,12 @@
 	else {
 		if (!L_ECHO(tty)) {
 			raw_spin_lock_irqsave(&ldata->read_lock, flags);
-			ldata->read_cnt -= ((ldata->read_head - ldata->canon_head) &
-					  (N_TTY_BUF_SIZE - 1));
 			ldata->read_head = ldata->canon_head;
 			raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ldata->read_lock, flags);
 			return;
 		}
 		if (!L_ECHOK(tty) || !L_ECHOKE(tty) || !L_ECHOE(tty)) {
 			raw_spin_lock_irqsave(&ldata->read_lock, flags);
-			ldata->read_cnt -= ((ldata->read_head - ldata->canon_head) &
-					  (N_TTY_BUF_SIZE - 1));
 			ldata->read_head = ldata->canon_head;
 			raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ldata->read_lock, flags);
 			finish_erasing(ldata);
@@ -989,7 +983,6 @@
 		cnt = ldata->read_head - head;
 		raw_spin_lock_irqsave(&ldata->read_lock, flags);
 		ldata->read_head = head;
-		ldata->read_cnt -= cnt;
 		raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ldata->read_lock, flags);
 		if (L_ECHO(tty)) {
 			if (L_ECHOPRT(tty)) {
@@ -1448,7 +1441,6 @@
 		i = min(count, i);
 		memcpy(read_buf_addr(ldata, ldata->read_head), cp, i);
 		ldata->read_head += i;
-		ldata->read_cnt += i;
 		cp += i;
 		count -= i;
 
@@ -1457,7 +1449,6 @@
 		i = min(count, i);
 		memcpy(read_buf_addr(ldata, ldata->read_head), cp, i);
 		ldata->read_head += i;
-		ldata->read_cnt += i;
 		raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ldata->read_lock, cpuflags);
 	} else {
 		for (i = count, p = cp, f = fp; i; i--, p++) {
@@ -1762,7 +1753,6 @@
 				ldata->icanon);
 		raw_spin_lock_irqsave(&ldata->read_lock, flags);
 		ldata->read_tail += n;
-		ldata->read_cnt -= n;
 		/* Turn single EOF into zero-length read */
 		if (L_EXTPROC(tty) && ldata->icanon && is_eof && !read_cnt(ldata))
 			n = 0;
@@ -1850,7 +1840,6 @@
 
 	raw_spin_lock_irqsave(&ldata->read_lock, flags);
 	ldata->read_tail += c;
-	ldata->read_cnt -= c;
 	if (found) {
 		__clear_bit(eol, ldata->read_flags);
 		/* this test should be redundant: