diff --git a/drivers/tty/tty_io.c b/drivers/tty/tty_io.c
index a1453fe1086217d6a4e137a73fe954acee44676c..5a6f36b391d95d8662d82984f8842f3948545bca 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/tty_io.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/tty_io.c
@@ -1589,9 +1589,7 @@ void tty_kclose(struct tty_struct *tty)
 	tty_debug_hangup(tty, "freeing structure\n");
 	/*
 	 * The release_tty function takes care of the details of clearing
-	 * the slots and preserving the termios structure. The tty_unlock_pair
-	 * should be safe as we keep a kref while the tty is locked (so the
-	 * unlock never unlocks a freed tty).
+	 * the slots and preserving the termios structure.
 	 */
 	mutex_lock(&tty_mutex);
 	tty_port_set_kopened(tty->port, 0);
@@ -1621,9 +1619,7 @@ void tty_release_struct(struct tty_struct *tty, int idx)
 	tty_debug_hangup(tty, "freeing structure\n");
 	/*
 	 * The release_tty function takes care of the details of clearing
-	 * the slots and preserving the termios structure. The tty_unlock_pair
-	 * should be safe as we keep a kref while the tty is locked (so the
-	 * unlock never unlocks a freed tty).
+	 * the slots and preserving the termios structure.
 	 */
 	mutex_lock(&tty_mutex);
 	release_tty(tty, idx);
@@ -2734,9 +2730,11 @@ static int compat_tty_tiocgserial(struct tty_struct *tty,
 	struct serial_struct32 v32;
 	struct serial_struct v;
 	int err;
-	memset(&v, 0, sizeof(struct serial_struct));
 
-	if (!tty->ops->set_serial)
+	memset(&v, 0, sizeof(v));
+	memset(&v32, 0, sizeof(v32));
+
+	if (!tty->ops->get_serial)
 		return -ENOTTY;
 	err = tty->ops->get_serial(tty, &v);
 	if (!err) {