diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/fhandler.h b/winsup/cygwin/fhandler.h
index b2957e4ee..4035c7e56 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/fhandler.h
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/fhandler.h
@@ -328,7 +328,7 @@ class fhandler_base
 
   virtual bool get_readahead_valid () { return raixget () < ralen (); }
   int puts_readahead (const char *s, size_t len = (size_t) -1);
-  int put_readahead (char value);
+  virtual int put_readahead (char value);
 
   int get_readahead ();
   int peek_readahead (int queryput = 0);
@@ -2381,6 +2381,7 @@ public:
   int process_slave_output (char *buf, size_t len, int pktmode_on);
   void doecho (const void *str, DWORD len);
   int accept_input ();
+  int put_readahead (char value);
   int open (int flags, mode_t mode = 0);
   void open_setup (int flags);
   ssize_t __stdcall write (const void *ptr, size_t len);
diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/fhandler_tty.cc b/winsup/cygwin/fhandler_tty.cc
index b091765b3..d017cde38 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/fhandler_tty.cc
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/fhandler_tty.cc
@@ -532,6 +532,14 @@ fhandler_pty_master::doecho (const void *str, DWORD len)
   release_output_mutex ();
 }
 
+int
+fhandler_pty_master::put_readahead (char value)
+{
+  if (to_be_read_from_pcon ())
+    return 1;
+  return fhandler_base::put_readahead (value);
+}
+
 int
 fhandler_pty_master::accept_input ()
 {
@@ -542,12 +550,14 @@ fhandler_pty_master::accept_input ()
 
   bytes_left = eat_readahead (-1);
 
-  if (!bytes_left)
+  if (to_be_read_from_pcon ())
+    ; /* Do nothing */
+  else if (!bytes_left)
     {
       termios_printf ("sending EOF to slave");
       get_ttyp ()->read_retval = 0;
     }
-  else if (!to_be_read_from_pcon ())
+  else
     {
       char *p = rabuf ();
       DWORD rc;