diff --git a/drivers/pps/clients/pps-ldisc.c b/drivers/pps/clients/pps-ldisc.c
index a94f73e1480d..73bd3bb4d93b 100644
--- a/drivers/pps/clients/pps-ldisc.c
+++ b/drivers/pps/clients/pps-ldisc.c
@@ -29,11 +29,14 @@
 
 #define PPS_TTY_MAGIC		0x0001
 
-static void pps_tty_dcd_change(struct tty_struct *tty, unsigned int status,
-				struct pps_event_time *ts)
+static void pps_tty_dcd_change(struct tty_struct *tty, unsigned int status)
 {
-	struct pps_device *pps = pps_lookup_dev(tty);
+	struct pps_device *pps;
+	struct pps_event_time ts;
 
+	pps_get_ts(&ts);
+
+	pps = pps_lookup_dev(tty);
 	/*
 	 * This should never fail, but the ldisc locking is very
 	 * convoluted, so don't crash just in case.
@@ -42,7 +45,7 @@ static void pps_tty_dcd_change(struct tty_struct *tty, unsigned int status,
 		return;
 
 	/* Now do the PPS event report */
-	pps_event(pps, ts, status ? PPS_CAPTUREASSERT :
+	pps_event(pps, &ts, status ? PPS_CAPTUREASSERT :
 			PPS_CAPTURECLEAR, NULL);
 
 	dev_dbg(pps->dev, "PPS %s at %lu\n",
diff --git a/drivers/staging/dgrp/dgrp_net_ops.c b/drivers/staging/dgrp/dgrp_net_ops.c
index 4c7abfabf197..e6018823b9de 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/dgrp/dgrp_net_ops.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/dgrp/dgrp_net_ops.c
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
 #include <linux/proc_fs.h>
 #include <linux/types.h>
 #include <linux/string.h>
+#include <linux/device.h>
 #include <linux/tty.h>
 #include <linux/tty_flip.h>
 #include <linux/spinlock.h>
diff --git a/drivers/staging/dgrp/dgrp_tty.c b/drivers/staging/dgrp/dgrp_tty.c
index 51d3ed3dca27..654f6010b473 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/dgrp/dgrp_tty.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/dgrp/dgrp_tty.c
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@
 #include <linux/slab.h>
 #include <linux/tty.h>
 #include <linux/tty_flip.h>
+#include <linux/device.h>
 #include <linux/sched.h>
 #include <linux/uaccess.h>
 
diff --git a/drivers/staging/speakup/selection.c b/drivers/staging/speakup/selection.c
index 0612df06a4bf..2aa22379fda0 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/speakup/selection.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/speakup/selection.c
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 #include <linux/consolemap.h>
 #include <linux/interrupt.h>
 #include <linux/sched.h>
+#include <linux/device.h> /* for dev_warn */
 #include <linux/selection.h>
 
 #include "speakup.h"
diff --git a/drivers/tty/n_tty.c b/drivers/tty/n_tty.c
index 095072899b5e..05e72bea9b07 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/n_tty.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/n_tty.c
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@
 #include <linux/file.h>
 #include <linux/uaccess.h>
 #include <linux/module.h>
+#include <linux/ratelimit.h>
 
 
 /* number of characters left in xmit buffer before select has we have room */
@@ -2188,7 +2189,7 @@ struct tty_ldisc_ops tty_ldisc_N_TTY = {
  *	n_tty_inherit_ops	-	inherit N_TTY methods
  *	@ops: struct tty_ldisc_ops where to save N_TTY methods
  *
- *	Used by a generic struct tty_ldisc_ops to easily inherit N_TTY
+ *	Enables a 'subclass' line discipline to 'inherit' N_TTY
  *	methods.
  */
 
diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/serial_core.c b/drivers/tty/serial/serial_core.c
index ca98a3f65fe1..765be520cd2e 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/serial/serial_core.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/serial/serial_core.c
@@ -2726,13 +2726,12 @@ void uart_handle_dcd_change(struct uart_port *uport, unsigned int status)
 	struct uart_state *state = uport->state;
 	struct tty_port *port = &state->port;
 	struct tty_ldisc *ld = NULL;
-	struct pps_event_time ts;
 	struct tty_struct *tty = port->tty;
 
 	if (tty)
 	        ld = tty_ldisc_ref(tty);
 	if (ld && ld->ops->dcd_change)
-		pps_get_ts(&ts);
+		ld->ops->dcd_change(tty, status);
 
 	uport->icount.dcd++;
 #ifdef CONFIG_HARD_PPS
@@ -2747,8 +2746,6 @@ void uart_handle_dcd_change(struct uart_port *uport, unsigned int status)
 			tty_hangup(tty);
 	}
 
-	if (ld && ld->ops->dcd_change)
-		ld->ops->dcd_change(tty, status, &ts);
 	if (ld)
 		tty_ldisc_deref(ld);
 }
diff --git a/drivers/tty/tty_buffer.c b/drivers/tty/tty_buffer.c
index 61ec4ddf47e0..bb119934e76c 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/tty_buffer.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/tty_buffer.c
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 #include <linux/bitops.h>
 #include <linux/delay.h>
 #include <linux/module.h>
+#include <linux/ratelimit.h>
 
 /**
  *	tty_buffer_free_all		-	free buffers used by a tty
diff --git a/include/linux/serial_core.h b/include/linux/serial_core.h
index d97142159e0f..87d4bbc773fc 100644
--- a/include/linux/serial_core.h
+++ b/include/linux/serial_core.h
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@
 #include <linux/tty.h>
 #include <linux/mutex.h>
 #include <linux/sysrq.h>
-#include <linux/pps_kernel.h>
 #include <uapi/linux/serial_core.h>
 
 struct uart_port;
diff --git a/include/linux/tty_ldisc.h b/include/linux/tty_ldisc.h
index fb79dd8d1537..455a0d7bf220 100644
--- a/include/linux/tty_ldisc.h
+++ b/include/linux/tty_ldisc.h
@@ -100,16 +100,14 @@
  *	seek to perform this action quickly but should wait until
  *	any pending driver I/O is completed.
  *
- * void (*dcd_change)(struct tty_struct *tty, unsigned int status,
- *			struct pps_event_time *ts)
+ * void (*dcd_change)(struct tty_struct *tty, unsigned int status)
  *
- *	Tells the discipline that the DCD pin has changed its status and
- *	the relative timestamp. Pointer ts cannot be NULL.
+ *	Tells the discipline that the DCD pin has changed its status.
+ *	Used exclusively by the N_PPS (Pulse-Per-Second) line discipline.
  */
 
 #include <linux/fs.h>
 #include <linux/wait.h>
-#include <linux/pps_kernel.h>
 #include <linux/wait.h>
 
 struct tty_ldisc_ops {
@@ -144,8 +142,7 @@ struct tty_ldisc_ops {
 	void	(*receive_buf)(struct tty_struct *, const unsigned char *cp,
 			       char *fp, int count);
 	void	(*write_wakeup)(struct tty_struct *);
-	void	(*dcd_change)(struct tty_struct *, unsigned int,
-				struct pps_event_time *);
+	void	(*dcd_change)(struct tty_struct *, unsigned int);
 
 	struct  module *owner;