diff --git a/gdb/ChangeLog b/gdb/ChangeLog
index ad845a7527..4aeb0cc8a9 100644
--- a/gdb/ChangeLog
+++ b/gdb/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+2014-12-10  Simon Marchi  <simon.marchi@ericsson.com>
+
+	PR gdb/17627
+	* target.c (cleanup_restore_target_terminal): New function.
+	(make_cleanup_restore_target_terminal): New function.
+	* target.h (make_cleanup_restore_target_terminal): New declaration.
+	* mi/mi-interp.c (mi_thread_exit): Use the new cleanup.
+
 2014-12-08  Doug Evans  <dje@google.com>
 
 	* python/py-objfile.c (objfpy_get_owner): Increment refcount of result.
diff --git a/gdb/mi/mi-interp.c b/gdb/mi/mi-interp.c
index df2b558291..60f066660a 100644
--- a/gdb/mi/mi-interp.c
+++ b/gdb/mi/mi-interp.c
@@ -386,6 +386,7 @@ mi_thread_exit (struct thread_info *t, int silent)
 {
   struct mi_interp *mi;
   struct inferior *inf;
+  struct cleanup *old_chain;
 
   if (silent)
     return;
@@ -393,11 +394,14 @@ mi_thread_exit (struct thread_info *t, int silent)
   inf = find_inferior_pid (ptid_get_pid (t->ptid));
 
   mi = top_level_interpreter_data ();
+  old_chain = make_cleanup_restore_target_terminal ();
   target_terminal_ours ();
   fprintf_unfiltered (mi->event_channel, 
 		      "thread-exited,id=\"%d\",group-id=\"i%d\"",
 		      t->num, inf->num);
   gdb_flush (mi->event_channel);
+
+  do_cleanups (old_chain);
 }
 
 /* Emit notification on changing the state of record.  */
diff --git a/gdb/target.c b/gdb/target.c
index ab5f2b9f36..7161e62acc 100644
--- a/gdb/target.c
+++ b/gdb/target.c
@@ -528,6 +528,40 @@ target_supports_terminal_ours (void)
   return 0;
 }
 
+/* Restore the terminal to its previous state (helper for
+   make_cleanup_restore_target_terminal). */
+
+static void
+cleanup_restore_target_terminal (void *arg)
+{
+  enum terminal_state *previous_state = arg;
+
+  switch (*previous_state)
+    {
+    case terminal_is_ours:
+      target_terminal_ours ();
+      break;
+    case terminal_is_ours_for_output:
+      target_terminal_ours_for_output ();
+      break;
+    case terminal_is_inferior:
+      target_terminal_inferior ();
+      break;
+    }
+}
+
+/* See target.h. */
+
+struct cleanup *
+make_cleanup_restore_target_terminal (void)
+{
+  enum terminal_state *ts = xmalloc (sizeof (*ts));
+
+  *ts = terminal_state;
+
+  return make_cleanup_dtor (cleanup_restore_target_terminal, ts, xfree);
+}
+
 static void
 tcomplain (void)
 {
diff --git a/gdb/target.h b/gdb/target.h
index d363b61bc3..cff146afc4 100644
--- a/gdb/target.h
+++ b/gdb/target.h
@@ -1413,6 +1413,10 @@ extern void target_terminal_ours (void);
 
 extern int target_supports_terminal_ours (void);
 
+/* Make a cleanup that restores the state of the terminal to the current
+   state.  */
+extern struct cleanup *make_cleanup_restore_target_terminal (void);
+
 /* Print useful information about our terminal status, if such a thing
    exists.  */