diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/omap-serial.c b/drivers/tty/serial/omap-serial.c
index 71f968b5504cebfbd6aa414407fc6b025194d61c..6ef4cc49d81e3c09493ccaf5ed9f36266f096e1f 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/serial/omap-serial.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/serial/omap-serial.c
@@ -873,8 +873,6 @@ serial_omap_set_termios(struct uart_port *port, struct ktermios *termios,
 		serial_out(up, UART_OMAP_MDR1, up->mdr1);
 
 	serial_out(up, UART_LCR, UART_LCR_CONF_MODE_B);
-
-	up->efr = serial_in(up, UART_EFR);
 	serial_out(up, UART_EFR, up->efr | UART_EFR_ECB);
 
 	serial_out(up, UART_LCR, 0);