diff --git a/drivers/tty/tty_io.c b/drivers/tty/tty_io.c
index 23c6fd238422..21ffcce16927 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/tty_io.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/tty_io.c
@@ -2189,7 +2189,8 @@ static int tiocsti(struct tty_struct *tty, char __user *p)
 	ld = tty_ldisc_ref_wait(tty);
 	if (!ld)
 		return -EIO;
-	ld->ops->receive_buf(tty, &ch, &mbz, 1);
+	if (ld->ops->receive_buf)
+		ld->ops->receive_buf(tty, &ch, &mbz, 1);
 	tty_ldisc_deref(ld);
 	return 0;
 }