diff --git a/drivers/tty/n_tty.c b/drivers/tty/n_tty.c
index 16ed0b6c7f9ceb..6b6c6606af5f91 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/n_tty.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/n_tty.c
@@ -343,8 +343,7 @@ static void n_tty_packet_mode_flush(struct tty_struct *tty)
 		spin_lock_irqsave(&tty->ctrl_lock, flags);
 		tty->ctrl_status |= TIOCPKT_FLUSHREAD;
 		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&tty->ctrl_lock, flags);
-		if (waitqueue_active(&tty->link->read_wait))
-			wake_up_interruptible(&tty->link->read_wait);
+		wake_up_interruptible(&tty->link->read_wait);
 	}
 }
 
@@ -1383,8 +1382,7 @@ n_tty_receive_char_special(struct tty_struct *tty, unsigned char c)
 			put_tty_queue(c, ldata);
 			smp_store_release(&ldata->canon_head, ldata->read_head);
 			kill_fasync(&tty->fasync, SIGIO, POLL_IN);
-			if (waitqueue_active(&tty->read_wait))
-				wake_up_interruptible_poll(&tty->read_wait, POLLIN);
+			wake_up_interruptible_poll(&tty->read_wait, POLLIN);
 			return 0;
 		}
 	}
@@ -1670,8 +1668,7 @@ static void __receive_buf(struct tty_struct *tty, const unsigned char *cp,
 
 	if ((read_cnt(ldata) >= ldata->minimum_to_wake) || L_EXTPROC(tty)) {
 		kill_fasync(&tty->fasync, SIGIO, POLL_IN);
-		if (waitqueue_active(&tty->read_wait))
-			wake_up_interruptible_poll(&tty->read_wait, POLLIN);
+		wake_up_interruptible_poll(&tty->read_wait, POLLIN);
 	}
 }
 
@@ -1890,10 +1887,8 @@ static void n_tty_set_termios(struct tty_struct *tty, struct ktermios *old)
 	}
 
 	/* The termios change make the tty ready for I/O */
-	if (waitqueue_active(&tty->write_wait))
-		wake_up_interruptible(&tty->write_wait);
-	if (waitqueue_active(&tty->read_wait))
-		wake_up_interruptible(&tty->read_wait);
+	wake_up_interruptible(&tty->write_wait);
+	wake_up_interruptible(&tty->read_wait);
 }
 
 /**