diff --git a/drivers/staging/speakup/main.c b/drivers/staging/speakup/main.c
index 82e5de248947..67956e24779c 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/speakup/main.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/speakup/main.c
@@ -2314,6 +2314,7 @@ static void __exit speakup_exit(void)
 	mutex_lock(&spk_mutex);
 	synth_release();
 	mutex_unlock(&spk_mutex);
+	spk_ttyio_unregister_ldisc();
 
 	speakup_kobj_exit();
 
@@ -2376,6 +2377,7 @@ static int __init speakup_init(void)
 	if (err)
 		goto error_kobjects;
 
+	spk_ttyio_register_ldisc();
 	synth_init(synth_name);
 	speakup_register_devsynth();
 	/*
diff --git a/drivers/staging/speakup/spk_ttyio.c b/drivers/staging/speakup/spk_ttyio.c
index 9b02345f66cc..fe340b07c482 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/speakup/spk_ttyio.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/speakup/spk_ttyio.c
@@ -154,12 +154,6 @@ static int spk_ttyio_initialise_ldisc(struct spk_synth *synth)
 	struct ktermios tmp_termios;
 	dev_t dev;
 
-	ret = tty_register_ldisc(N_SPEAKUP, &spk_ttyio_ldisc_ops);
-	if (ret) {
-		pr_err("Error registering line discipline.\n");
-		return ret;
-	}
-
 	ret = get_dev_to_use(synth, &dev);
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
@@ -196,6 +190,8 @@ static int spk_ttyio_initialise_ldisc(struct spk_synth *synth)
 	tty_unlock(tty);
 
 	ret = tty_set_ldisc(tty, N_SPEAKUP);
+	if (ret)
+		pr_err("speakup: Failed to set N_SPEAKUP on tty\n");
 
 	return ret;
 }