diff --git a/drivers/tty/tty_io.c b/drivers/tty/tty_io.c
index f73d8fa7f02b..57d06eda5b2f 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/tty_io.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/tty_io.c
@@ -1272,16 +1272,13 @@ static int tty_reopen(struct tty_struct *tty)
 	if (retval)
 		return retval;
 
-	tty->count++;
-	if (tty->ldisc)
-		goto out_unlock;
-
-	retval = tty_ldisc_reinit(tty, tty->termios.c_line);
-	if (retval)
-		tty->count--;
-
-out_unlock:
+	if (!tty->ldisc)
+		retval = tty_ldisc_reinit(tty, tty->termios.c_line);
 	tty_ldisc_unlock(tty);
+
+	if (retval == 0)
+		tty->count++;
+
 	return retval;
 }