diff --git a/drivers/staging/speakup/spk_priv.h b/drivers/staging/speakup/spk_priv.h
index 87b6a0a4c54d..046040ac074c 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/speakup/spk_priv.h
+++ b/drivers/staging/speakup/spk_priv.h
@@ -48,6 +48,8 @@ void spk_stop_serial_interrupt(void);
 int spk_wait_for_xmitr(struct spk_synth *in_synth);
 void spk_serial_release(void);
 void spk_ttyio_release(void);
+void spk_ttyio_register_ldisc(void);
+void spk_ttyio_unregister_ldisc(void);
 
 void synth_buffer_skip_nonlatin1(void);
 u16 synth_buffer_getc(void);
diff --git a/drivers/staging/speakup/spk_ttyio.c b/drivers/staging/speakup/spk_ttyio.c
index 924034a3de4b..9b02345f66cc 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/speakup/spk_ttyio.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/speakup/spk_ttyio.c
@@ -200,6 +200,18 @@ static int spk_ttyio_initialise_ldisc(struct spk_synth *synth)
 	return ret;
 }
 
+void spk_ttyio_register_ldisc(void)
+{
+	if (tty_register_ldisc(N_SPEAKUP, &spk_ttyio_ldisc_ops))
+		pr_warn("speakup: Error registering line discipline. Most synths won't work.\n");
+}
+
+void spk_ttyio_unregister_ldisc(void)
+{
+	if (tty_unregister_ldisc(N_SPEAKUP))
+		pr_warn("speakup: Couldn't unregister ldisc\n");
+}
+
 static int spk_ttyio_out(struct spk_synth *in_synth, const char ch)
 {
 	if (in_synth->alive && speakup_tty && speakup_tty->ops->write) {