diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_mtk.c b/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_mtk.c
index 41f4120abdf291b43f4a056d09c869c9e518c1f7..fa876e2c13e5dcc2d028eda6fdeae4b125852701 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_mtk.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_mtk.c
@@ -317,7 +317,7 @@ mtk8250_set_termios(struct uart_port *port, struct ktermios *termios,
 	 */
 	baud = tty_termios_baud_rate(termios);
 
-	serial8250_do_set_termios(port, termios, old);
+	serial8250_do_set_termios(port, termios, NULL);
 
 	tty_termios_encode_baud_rate(termios, baud, baud);
 
diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/Kconfig b/drivers/tty/serial/Kconfig
index 1044fc3876914a0d50847bae629a5a0c3de8bc04..28f22e58639c6c18c17c1a0f9af03da40b600b41 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/serial/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/tty/serial/Kconfig
@@ -522,6 +522,7 @@ config SERIAL_IMX_EARLYCON
 	depends on OF
 	select SERIAL_EARLYCON
 	select SERIAL_CORE_CONSOLE
+	default y if SERIAL_IMX_CONSOLE
 	help
 	  If you have enabled the earlycon on the Freescale IMX
 	  CPU you can make it the earlycon by answering Y to this option.
diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/serial_txx9.c b/drivers/tty/serial/serial_txx9.c
index b4d89e31730e3ab548303ef164f21ebbc30481b0..7a07e7272de1258d2bf48066ccd7d0e467a3244e 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/serial/serial_txx9.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/serial/serial_txx9.c
@@ -1280,6 +1280,9 @@ static int __init serial_txx9_init(void)
 
 #ifdef ENABLE_SERIAL_TXX9_PCI
 	ret = pci_register_driver(&serial_txx9_pci_driver);
+	if (ret) {
+		platform_driver_unregister(&serial_txx9_plat_driver);
+	}
 #endif
 	if (ret == 0)
 		goto out;
diff --git a/drivers/tty/tty_io.c b/drivers/tty/tty_io.c
index 7a4c02548fb3fba74ae1542ce8e72ded414e618d..9f8b9a567b35991665ad299e5296c2fefe5f6dbf 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/tty_io.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/tty_io.c
@@ -1515,10 +1515,12 @@ static void release_tty(struct tty_struct *tty, int idx)
 		tty->ops->shutdown(tty);
 	tty_save_termios(tty);
 	tty_driver_remove_tty(tty->driver, tty);
-	tty->port->itty = NULL;
+	if (tty->port)
+		tty->port->itty = NULL;
 	if (tty->link)
 		tty->link->port->itty = NULL;
-	tty_buffer_cancel_work(tty->port);
+	if (tty->port)
+		tty_buffer_cancel_work(tty->port);
 	if (tty->link)
 		tty_buffer_cancel_work(tty->link->port);
 
diff --git a/drivers/tty/vt/vt.c b/drivers/tty/vt/vt.c
index 9506a76f3ab67fc7333be5834fea5408ddf72f7a..d04a162939a4d527306bf7b1312306f1900184ef 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/vt/vt.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/vt/vt.c
@@ -4704,27 +4704,6 @@ static int con_font_default(struct vc_data *vc, struct console_font_op *op)
 	return rc;
 }
 
-static int con_font_copy(struct vc_data *vc, struct console_font_op *op)
-{
-	int con = op->height;
-	int rc;
-
-
-	console_lock();
-	if (vc->vc_mode != KD_TEXT)
-		rc = -EINVAL;
-	else if (!vc->vc_sw->con_font_copy)
-		rc = -ENOSYS;
-	else if (con < 0 || !vc_cons_allocated(con))
-		rc = -ENOTTY;
-	else if (con == vc->vc_num)	/* nothing to do */
-		rc = 0;
-	else
-		rc = vc->vc_sw->con_font_copy(vc, con);
-	console_unlock();
-	return rc;
-}
-
 int con_font_op(struct vc_data *vc, struct console_font_op *op)
 {
 	switch (op->op) {
@@ -4735,7 +4714,8 @@ int con_font_op(struct vc_data *vc, struct console_font_op *op)
 	case KD_FONT_OP_SET_DEFAULT:
 		return con_font_default(vc, op);
 	case KD_FONT_OP_COPY:
-		return con_font_copy(vc, op);
+		/* was buggy and never really used */
+		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 	return -ENOSYS;
 }