diff --git a/plugins/sudoers/policy.c b/plugins/sudoers/policy.c
index d822f1371..65f904ba2 100644
--- a/plugins/sudoers/policy.c
+++ b/plugins/sudoers/policy.c
@@ -410,6 +410,7 @@ sudoers_policy_deserialize_info(struct sudoers_context *ctx, void *v,
     ctx->user.gid = (gid_t)-1;
     ctx->user.uid = (gid_t)-1;
     ctx->user.umask = (mode_t)-1;
+    ctx->user.ttydev = (dev_t)-1;
     for (cur = info->user_info; *cur != NULL; cur++) {
 	if (MATCHES(*cur, "user=")) {
 	    CHECK(*cur, "user=");
@@ -476,6 +477,21 @@ sudoers_policy_deserialize_info(struct sudoers_context *ctx, void *v,
 		ctx->user.tty += sizeof(_PATH_DEV) - 1;
 	    continue;
 	}
+	if (MATCHES(*cur, "ttydev=")) {
+	    unsigned long long ullval;
+	    char *ep;
+
+	    p = *cur + sizeof("ttydev=") - 1;
+	    errno = 0;
+	    ullval = strtoull(p, &ep, 10);
+	    if ((*p == '\0' || *ep != '\0') ||
+		    (errno == ERANGE && ullval == ULLONG_MAX)) {
+		INVALID("ttydev=");
+		goto bad;
+	    }
+	    ctx->user.ttydev = (dev_t)ullval;
+	    continue;
+	}
 	if (MATCHES(*cur, "host=")) {
 	    CHECK(*cur, "host=");
 	    host = *cur + sizeof("host=") - 1;
@@ -589,6 +605,15 @@ sudoers_policy_deserialize_info(struct sudoers_context *ctx, void *v,
 	}
     }
 
+    /* ttydev is only set in user_info[] for API 1.22 and above. */
+    if (ctx->user.ttydev == (dev_t)-1 && ctx->user.ttypath != NULL) {
+	struct stat sb;
+	if (stat(ctx->user.ttypath, &sb) == 0)
+	    ctx->user.ttydev = sb.st_rdev;
+	else
+	    sudo_warn("%s", ctx->user.ttypath);
+    }
+
     /* umask is only set in user_info[] for API 1.10 and above. */
     if (ctx->user.umask == (mode_t)-1) {
 	ctx->user.umask = umask(0);
diff --git a/plugins/sudoers/sudoers.h b/plugins/sudoers/sudoers.h
index 60e4af997..132bd7c62 100644
--- a/plugins/sudoers/sudoers.h
+++ b/plugins/sudoers/sudoers.h
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 #ifndef SUDOERS_SUDOERS_H
 #define SUDOERS_SUDOERS_H
 
-#include <sys/types.h>		/* for gid_t, mode_t, pid_t, size_t, uid_t */
+#include <sys/types.h>		/* dev_t, gid_t, mode_t, pid_t, size_t, uid_t */
 #include <limits.h>
 #ifdef HAVE_STDBOOL_H
 # include <stdbool.h>
@@ -142,6 +142,7 @@ struct sudoers_user_context {
     int   lines;
     int   cols;
     int   timeout;
+    dev_t ttydev;
     mode_t umask;
     uid_t euid;
     uid_t uid;
diff --git a/plugins/sudoers/timestamp.c b/plugins/sudoers/timestamp.c
index d9eb447e0..feb8f8918 100644
--- a/plugins/sudoers/timestamp.c
+++ b/plugins/sudoers/timestamp.c
@@ -379,7 +379,6 @@ ts_init_key(const struct sudoers_context *ctx,
     struct timestamp_entry *entry, struct passwd *pw,
     unsigned short flags, enum def_tuple ticket_type)
 {
-    struct stat sb;
     debug_decl(ts_init_key, SUDOERS_DEBUG_AUTH);
 
     memset(entry, 0, sizeof(*entry));
@@ -398,10 +397,10 @@ ts_init_key(const struct sudoers_context *ctx,
 	sudo_warnx("unknown time stamp ticket type %d", ticket_type);
 	FALLTHROUGH;
     case tty:
-	if (ctx->user.ttypath != NULL && stat(ctx->user.ttypath, &sb) == 0) {
+	if (ctx->user.ttydev != (dev_t)-1) {
 	    /* tty-based time stamp */
 	    entry->type = TS_TTY;
-	    entry->u.ttydev = sb.st_rdev;
+	    entry->u.ttydev = ctx->user.ttydev;
 	    if (entry->sid != -1)
 		get_starttime(entry->sid, &entry->start_time);
 	    break;