diff --git a/drivers/usb/serial/spcp8x5.c b/drivers/usb/serial/spcp8x5.c
index 91ff8e3bddbd..549ef68ff5fa 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/serial/spcp8x5.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/serial/spcp8x5.c
@@ -149,7 +149,6 @@ enum spcp8x5_type {
 struct spcp8x5_private {
 	spinlock_t 	lock;
 	enum spcp8x5_type	type;
-	wait_queue_head_t	delta_msr_wait;
 	u8 			line_control;
 	u8 			line_status;
 };
@@ -179,7 +178,6 @@ static int spcp8x5_port_probe(struct usb_serial_port *port)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
 	spin_lock_init(&priv->lock);
-	init_waitqueue_head(&priv->delta_msr_wait);
 	priv->type = type;
 
 	usb_set_serial_port_data(port , priv);
@@ -475,7 +473,7 @@ static void spcp8x5_process_read_urb(struct urb *urb)
 	priv->line_status &= ~UART_STATE_TRANSIENT_MASK;
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&priv->lock, flags);
 	/* wake up the wait for termios */
-	wake_up_interruptible(&priv->delta_msr_wait);
+	wake_up_interruptible(&port->delta_msr_wait);
 
 	if (!urb->actual_length)
 		return;
@@ -526,12 +524,15 @@ static int spcp8x5_wait_modem_info(struct usb_serial_port *port,
 
 	while (1) {
 		/* wake up in bulk read */
-		interruptible_sleep_on(&priv->delta_msr_wait);
+		interruptible_sleep_on(&port->delta_msr_wait);
 
 		/* see if a signal did it */
 		if (signal_pending(current))
 			return -ERESTARTSYS;
 
+		if (port->serial->disconnected)
+			return -EIO;
+
 		spin_lock_irqsave(&priv->lock, flags);
 		status = priv->line_status;
 		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&priv->lock, flags);