--- /dev/null
+From 1c5d969f46ccd5333f602dfbe2b0a1295650b9b0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: =?UTF-8?q?St=C3=A9phane=20Raimbault?= <stephane.raimbault@gmail.com>
+Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2017 20:35:47 +0200
+Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Only set SER_RS485_ENABLED bit of existing RS485 settings
+
+Thanks to @JCWren
+---
+ src/modbus-rtu.c | 10 +++++++++-
+ 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
+
+diff --git a/src/modbus-rtu.c b/src/modbus-rtu.c
+index 8d9f386..f2911d6 100644
+--- a/src/modbus-rtu.c
++++ b/src/modbus-rtu.c
+@@ -909,9 +909,13 @@ int modbus_rtu_set_serial_mode(modbus_t *ctx, int mode)
+ #if HAVE_DECL_TIOCSRS485
+ modbus_rtu_t *ctx_rtu = ctx->backend_data;
+ struct serial_rs485 rs485conf;
+- memset(&rs485conf, 0x0, sizeof(struct serial_rs485));
+
+ if (mode == MODBUS_RTU_RS485) {
++ // Get
++ if (ioctl(ctx->s, TIOCGRS485, &rs485conf) < 0) {
++ return -1;
++ }
++ // Set
+ rs485conf.flags = SER_RS485_ENABLED;
+ if (ioctl(ctx->s, TIOCSRS485, &rs485conf) < 0) {
+ return -1;
+@@ -923,6 +927,10 @@ int modbus_rtu_set_serial_mode(modbus_t *ctx, int mode)
+ /* Turn off RS485 mode only if required */
+ if (ctx_rtu->serial_mode == MODBUS_RTU_RS485) {
+ /* The ioctl call is avoided because it can fail on some RS232 ports */
++ if (ioctl(ctx->s, TIOCGRS485, &rs485conf) < 0) {
++ return -1;
++ }
++ rs485conf.flags &= ~SER_RS485_ENABLED;
+ if (ioctl(ctx->s, TIOCSRS485, &rs485conf) < 0) {
+ return -1;
+ }
+--
+2.21.0
+
--- /dev/null
+From 91a1d74f76c64e7b35bfb10114e1a4a6ff351656 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: =?UTF-8?q?St=C3=A9phane=20Raimbault?= <stephane.raimbault@gmail.com>
+Date: Thu, 26 Oct 2017 11:10:31 +0200
+Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Oops fix OR on RS485 settings (1c5d969)
+
+---
+ src/modbus-rtu.c | 2 +-
+ 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
+
+diff --git a/src/modbus-rtu.c b/src/modbus-rtu.c
+index f2911d6..190298e 100644
+--- a/src/modbus-rtu.c
++++ b/src/modbus-rtu.c
+@@ -916,7 +916,7 @@ int modbus_rtu_set_serial_mode(modbus_t *ctx, int mode)
+ return -1;
+ }
+ // Set
+- rs485conf.flags = SER_RS485_ENABLED;
++ rs485conf.flags |= SER_RS485_ENABLED;
+ if (ioctl(ctx->s, TIOCSRS485, &rs485conf) < 0) {
+ return -1;
+ }
+--
+2.21.0
+