diff --git a/drivers/tty/n_tty.c b/drivers/tty/n_tty.c
index 6c9a408d67cd..e05341b85c59 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/n_tty.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/n_tty.c
@@ -1624,15 +1624,25 @@ static void __receive_buf(struct tty_struct *tty, const u8 *cp, const u8 *fp,
 	else if (ldata->raw || (L_EXTPROC(tty) && !preops))
 		n_tty_receive_buf_raw(tty, cp, fp, count);
 	else if (tty->closing && !L_EXTPROC(tty)) {
-		if (la_count > 0)
+		if (la_count > 0) {
 			n_tty_receive_buf_closing(tty, cp, fp, la_count, true);
-		if (count > la_count)
-			n_tty_receive_buf_closing(tty, cp, fp, count - la_count, false);
+			cp += la_count;
+			if (fp)
+				fp += la_count;
+			count -= la_count;
+		}
+		if (count > 0)
+			n_tty_receive_buf_closing(tty, cp, fp, count, false);
 	} else {
-		if (la_count > 0)
+		if (la_count > 0) {
 			n_tty_receive_buf_standard(tty, cp, fp, la_count, true);
-		if (count > la_count)
-			n_tty_receive_buf_standard(tty, cp, fp, count - la_count, false);
+			cp += la_count;
+			if (fp)
+				fp += la_count;
+			count -= la_count;
+		}
+		if (count > 0)
+			n_tty_receive_buf_standard(tty, cp, fp, count, false);
 
 		flush_echoes(tty);
 		if (tty->ops->flush_chars)