--- a/drivers/tty/pty.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/pty.c
@@ -721,7 +721,18 @@ err_file:
 	return retval;
 }
 
-static struct file_operations ptmx_fops;
+static const struct file_operations ptmx_fops = 
+{
+	.llseek		= no_llseek,
+	.read		= tty_read,
+	.write		= tty_write,
+	.poll		= tty_poll,
+	.unlocked_ioctl	= tty_ioctl,
+	.compat_ioctl	= tty_compat_ioctl,
+	.open		= ptmx_open,
+	.release	= tty_release,
+	.fasync		= tty_fasync,
+};
 
 static void __init unix98_pty_init(void)
 {
@@ -775,9 +786,6 @@ static void __init unix98_pty_init(void)
 	register_sysctl_table(pty_root_table);
 
 	/* Now create the /dev/ptmx special device */
-	tty_default_fops(&ptmx_fops);
-	ptmx_fops.open = ptmx_open;
-
 	cdev_init(&ptmx_cdev, &ptmx_fops);
 	if (cdev_add(&ptmx_cdev, MKDEV(TTYAUX_MAJOR, 2), 1) ||
 	    register_chrdev_region(MKDEV(TTYAUX_MAJOR, 2), 1, "/dev/ptmx") < 0)

--- a/drivers/tty/tty_io.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/tty_io.c
@@ -137,21 +137,10 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(tty_mutex);
 /* Spinlock to protect the tty->tty_files list */
 DEFINE_SPINLOCK(tty_files_lock);
 
-static ssize_t tty_read(struct file *, char __user *, size_t, loff_t *);
-static ssize_t tty_write(struct file *, const char __user *, size_t, loff_t *);
 ssize_t redirected_tty_write(struct file *, const char __user *,
 							size_t, loff_t *);
-static unsigned int tty_poll(struct file *, poll_table *);
 static int tty_open(struct inode *, struct file *);
-long tty_ioctl(struct file *file, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg);
-#ifdef CONFIG_COMPAT
-static long tty_compat_ioctl(struct file *file, unsigned int cmd,
-				unsigned long arg);
-#else
-#define tty_compat_ioctl NULL
-#endif
 static int __tty_fasync(int fd, struct file *filp, int on);
-static int tty_fasync(int fd, struct file *filp, int on);
 static void release_tty(struct tty_struct *tty, int idx);
 static void __proc_set_tty(struct task_struct *tsk, struct tty_struct *tty);
 static void proc_set_tty(struct task_struct *tsk, struct tty_struct *tty);
@@ -962,7 +951,7 @@ static void tty_update_time(struct timespec *time)
  *	read calls may be outstanding in parallel.
  */
 
-static ssize_t tty_read(struct file *file, char __user *buf, size_t count,
+ssize_t tty_read(struct file *file, char __user *buf, size_t count,
 			loff_t *ppos)
 {
 	int i;
@@ -1141,7 +1130,7 @@ void tty_write_message(struct tty_struct *tty, char *msg)
  *	write method will not be invoked in parallel for each device.
  */
 
-static ssize_t tty_write(struct file *file, const char __user *buf,
+ssize_t tty_write(struct file *file, const char __user *buf,
 						size_t count, loff_t *ppos)
 {
 	struct inode *inode = file->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
@@ -2002,7 +1991,7 @@ got_driver:
  *	may be re-entered freely by other callers.
  */
 
-static unsigned int tty_poll(struct file *filp, poll_table *wait)
+unsigned int tty_poll(struct file *filp, poll_table *wait)
 {
 	struct tty_struct *tty = file_tty(filp);
 	struct tty_ldisc *ld;
@@ -2059,7 +2048,7 @@ out:
 	return retval;
 }
 
-static int tty_fasync(int fd, struct file *filp, int on)
+int tty_fasync(int fd, struct file *filp, int on)
 {
 	int retval;
 	tty_lock();
@@ -3246,11 +3235,6 @@ struct tty_struct *get_current_tty(void)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(get_current_tty);
 
-void tty_default_fops(struct file_operations *fops)
-{
-	*fops = tty_fops;
-}
-
 /*
  * Initialize the console device. This is called *early*, so
  * we can't necessarily depend on lots of kernel help here.

--- a/include/linux/tty.h
+++ b/include/linux/tty.h
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 #include <linux/tty_driver.h>
 #include <linux/tty_ldisc.h>
 #include <linux/mutex.h>
+#include <linux/poll.h>
 
 #include <asm/system.h>
 
@@ -470,7 +471,6 @@ extern int tty_perform_flush(struct tty_struct *tty, unsigned long arg);
 extern dev_t tty_devnum(struct tty_struct *tty);
 extern void proc_clear_tty(struct task_struct *p);
 extern struct tty_struct *get_current_tty(void);
-extern void tty_default_fops(struct file_operations *fops);
 extern struct tty_struct *alloc_tty_struct(void);
 extern int tty_alloc_file(struct file *file);
 extern void tty_add_file(struct tty_struct *tty, struct file *file);
@@ -482,6 +482,19 @@ extern void deinitialize_tty_struct(struct tty_struct *tty);
 extern struct tty_struct *tty_init_dev(struct tty_driver *driver, int idx,
 								int first_ok);
 extern int tty_release(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp);
+extern ssize_t tty_read(struct file *, char __user *, size_t, loff_t *);
+extern ssize_t tty_write(struct file *, const char __user *, size_t, loff_t *);
+extern unsigned int tty_poll(struct file *, poll_table *);
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_COMPAT
+extern long tty_compat_ioctl(struct file *file, unsigned int cmd,
+				unsigned long arg);
+#else
+#define tty_compat_ioctl NULL
+#endif
+extern int tty_fasync(int fd, struct file *filp, int on);
+
+
 extern int tty_init_termios(struct tty_struct *tty);
 
 extern struct tty_struct *tty_pair_get_tty(struct tty_struct *tty);