1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/char/hvc_console.c b/drivers/char/hvc_console.c
index f2685b747fb9..0e18fdb9dddb 100644
--- a/drivers/char/hvc_console.c
+++ b/drivers/char/hvc_console.c
@@ -318,7 +318,8 @@ static int hvc_open(struct tty_struct *tty, struct file * filp)
         } /* else count == 0 */
 
         tty->driver_data = hp;
-        tty->low_latency = 1; /* Makes flushes to ldisc synchronous. */
+        if (!hp->irq_requested)
+                tty->low_latency = 1; /* Makes flushes to ldisc synchronous. */
 
         hp->tty = tty;