diff --git a/Kernel/MasterPTY.cpp b/Kernel/MasterPTY.cpp
index 079f630afb..caacf08c95 100644
--- a/Kernel/MasterPTY.cpp
+++ b/Kernel/MasterPTY.cpp
@@ -45,3 +45,8 @@ void MasterPTY::on_slave_write(const byte* data, size_t size)
 {
     m_buffer.write(data, size);
 }
+
+bool MasterPTY::can_write_from_slave() const
+{
+    return m_buffer.bytes_in_write_buffer() < 4096;
+}
diff --git a/Kernel/MasterPTY.h b/Kernel/MasterPTY.h
index c7ba83ba2b..cc375feab6 100644
--- a/Kernel/MasterPTY.h
+++ b/Kernel/MasterPTY.h
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ public:
     unsigned index() const { return m_index; }
     String pts_name() const;
     void on_slave_write(const byte*, size_t);
+    bool can_write_from_slave() const;
 
 private:
     // ^CharacterDevice
diff --git a/Kernel/SlavePTY.cpp b/Kernel/SlavePTY.cpp
index c8fa110746..226be88b9c 100644
--- a/Kernel/SlavePTY.cpp
+++ b/Kernel/SlavePTY.cpp
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ void SlavePTY::on_tty_write(const byte* data, size_t size)
     m_master.on_slave_write(data, size);
 }
 
-bool SlavePTY::can_write(Process& process) const
+bool SlavePTY::can_write(Process&) const
 {
-    return m_master.can_write(process);
+    return m_master.can_write_from_slave();
 }