diff --git a/drivers/tty/amiserial.c b/drivers/tty/amiserial.c
index 28af0fd98181..60f6060b893d 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/amiserial.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/amiserial.c
@@ -1138,11 +1138,6 @@ static int rs_ioctl(struct tty_struct *tty,
 				local_irq_save(flags);
 				cnow = info->icount; /* atomic copy */
 				local_irq_restore(flags);
-				if (cnow.rng == cprev.rng && cnow.dsr == cprev.dsr && 
-				    cnow.dcd == cprev.dcd && cnow.cts == cprev.cts) {
-					ret = -EIO; /* no change => error */
-					break;
-				}
 				if ( ((arg & TIOCM_RNG) && (cnow.rng != cprev.rng)) ||
 				     ((arg & TIOCM_DSR) && (cnow.dsr != cprev.dsr)) ||
 				     ((arg & TIOCM_CD)  && (cnow.dcd != cprev.dcd)) ||
@@ -1150,6 +1145,10 @@ static int rs_ioctl(struct tty_struct *tty,
 					ret = 0;
 					break;
 				}
+				if (tty_io_error(tty)) {
+					ret = -EIO;
+					break;
+				}
 				schedule();
 				/* see if a signal did it */
 				if (signal_pending(current)) {