diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/amba-pl011.c b/drivers/tty/serial/amba-pl011.c
index cc3ea066c43a2293490f40011d57b6b33d043a72..20d795d9b59104329d96ddf9e113877cf693b0a7 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/serial/amba-pl011.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/serial/amba-pl011.c
@@ -1396,6 +1396,10 @@ static int pl011_startup(struct uart_port *port)
 
 	uap->port.uartclk = clk_get_rate(uap->clk);
 
+	/* Clear pending error and receive interrupts */
+	writew(UART011_OEIS | UART011_BEIS | UART011_PEIS | UART011_FEIS |
+	       UART011_RTIS | UART011_RXIS, uap->port.membase + UART011_ICR);
+
 	/*
 	 * Allocate the IRQ
 	 */
@@ -1432,10 +1436,6 @@ static int pl011_startup(struct uart_port *port)
 	cr |= UART01x_CR_UARTEN | UART011_CR_RXE | UART011_CR_TXE;
 	writew(cr, uap->port.membase + UART011_CR);
 
-	/* Clear pending error interrupts */
-	writew(UART011_OEIS | UART011_BEIS | UART011_PEIS | UART011_FEIS,
-	       uap->port.membase + UART011_ICR);
-
 	/*
 	 * initialise the old status of the modem signals
 	 */
@@ -1450,6 +1450,9 @@ static int pl011_startup(struct uart_port *port)
 	 * as well.
 	 */
 	spin_lock_irq(&uap->port.lock);
+	/* Clear out any spuriously appearing RX interrupts */
+	 writew(UART011_RTIS | UART011_RXIS,
+		uap->port.membase + UART011_ICR);
 	uap->im = UART011_RTIM;
 	if (!pl011_dma_rx_running(uap))
 		uap->im |= UART011_RXIM;
@@ -1942,6 +1945,10 @@ static int pl011_probe(struct amba_device *dev, const struct amba_id *id)
 		goto unmap;
 	}
 
+	/* Ensure interrupts from this UART are masked and cleared */
+	writew(0, uap->port.membase + UART011_IMSC);
+	writew(0xffff, uap->port.membase + UART011_ICR);
+
 	uap->vendor = vendor;
 	uap->lcrh_rx = vendor->lcrh_rx;
 	uap->lcrh_tx = vendor->lcrh_tx;