diff --git a/sys/kern/tty.c b/sys/kern/tty.c
index 1923499f69dd..e918d1cfd187 100644
--- a/sys/kern/tty.c
+++ b/sys/kern/tty.c
@@ -1370,14 +1370,14 @@ tty_wait(struct tty *tp, struct cv *cv)
 
 	error = cv_wait_sig(cv, tp->t_mtx);
 
-	/* Restart the system call when we may have been revoked. */
-	if (tp->t_revokecnt != revokecnt)
-		return (ERESTART);
-
 	/* Bail out when the device slipped away. */
 	if (tty_gone(tp))
 		return (ENXIO);
 
+	/* Restart the system call when we may have been revoked. */
+	if (tp->t_revokecnt != revokecnt)
+		return (ERESTART);
+
 	return (error);
 }