diff --git a/drivers/tty/n_tty.c b/drivers/tty/n_tty.c
index 451e02cd0637..de5b45de5040 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/n_tty.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/n_tty.c
@@ -1963,7 +1963,7 @@ static bool canon_copy_from_read_buf(struct tty_struct *tty,
 		return false;
 
 	canon_head = smp_load_acquire(&ldata->canon_head);
-	n = min(*nr + 1, canon_head - ldata->read_tail);
+	n = min(*nr, canon_head - ldata->read_tail);
 
 	tail = ldata->read_tail & (N_TTY_BUF_SIZE - 1);
 	size = min_t(size_t, tail + n, N_TTY_BUF_SIZE);
@@ -1985,10 +1985,8 @@ static bool canon_copy_from_read_buf(struct tty_struct *tty,
 		n += N_TTY_BUF_SIZE;
 	c = n + found;
 
-	if (!found || read_buf(ldata, eol) != __DISABLED_CHAR) {
-		c = min(*nr, c);
+	if (!found || read_buf(ldata, eol) != __DISABLED_CHAR)
 		n = c;
-	}
 
 	n_tty_trace("%s: eol:%zu found:%d n:%zu c:%zu tail:%zu more:%zu\n",
 		    __func__, eol, found, n, c, tail, more);