diff --git a/drivers/tty/tty_ldisc.c b/drivers/tty/tty_ldisc.c
index d8e96b005023..4214d58276f7 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/tty_ldisc.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/tty_ldisc.c
@@ -454,6 +454,8 @@ static int tty_ldisc_open(struct tty_struct *tty, struct tty_ldisc *ld)
                 /* BTM here locks versus a hangup event */
 		WARN_ON(!tty_locked());
 		ret = ld->ops->open(tty);
+		if (ret)
+			clear_bit(TTY_LDISC_OPEN, &tty->flags);
 		return ret;
 	}
 	return 0;