diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/imx.c b/drivers/tty/serial/imx.c
index 4e853570ea800ed42ee71fed9da1d205be1fc24e..3f2b33ecf30aa21fce57702d113af87d8c3ca8ba 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/serial/imx.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/serial/imx.c
@@ -314,7 +314,8 @@ static u32 imx_uart_readl(struct imx_port *sport, u32 offset)
 		/*
 		 * UCR2_SRST is the only bit in the cached registers that might
 		 * differ from the value that was last written. As it only
-		 * clears after being set, reread conditionally.
+		 * automatically becomes one after being cleared, reread
+		 * conditionally.
 		 */
 		if (!(sport->ucr2 & UCR2_SRST))
 			sport->ucr2 = readl(sport->port.membase + offset);