diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/mxs-auart.c b/drivers/tty/serial/mxs-auart.c
index 8eeecf8ad359..380a8b0590e3 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/serial/mxs-auart.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/serial/mxs-auart.c
@@ -605,13 +605,16 @@ static void mxs_auart_tx_chars(struct mxs_auart_port *s)
 		return;
 	}
 
-	pending = uart_port_tx(&s->port, ch,
+	pending = uart_port_tx_flags(&s->port, ch, UART_TX_NOSTOP,
 		!(mxs_read(s, REG_STAT) & AUART_STAT_TXFF),
 		mxs_write(ch, s, REG_DATA));
 	if (pending)
 		mxs_set(AUART_INTR_TXIEN, s, REG_INTR);
 	else
 		mxs_clr(AUART_INTR_TXIEN, s, REG_INTR);
+
+	if (uart_tx_stopped(&s->port))
+               mxs_auart_stop_tx(&s->port);
 }
 
 static void mxs_auart_rx_char(struct mxs_auart_port *s)