diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/imx.c b/drivers/tty/serial/imx.c
index 086675e4ef73c83ad44fd97d2d4b6641b2b487e1..591f1c26e3e987cf6a4d986d4c5693526f861bf5 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/serial/imx.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/serial/imx.c
@@ -311,51 +311,6 @@ static void imx_port_ucrs_restore(struct uart_port *port,
 }
 #endif
 
-/*
- * Handle any change of modem status signal since we were last called.
- */
-static void imx_mctrl_check(struct imx_port *sport)
-{
-	unsigned int status, changed;
-
-	status = sport->port.ops->get_mctrl(&sport->port);
-	changed = status ^ sport->old_status;
-
-	if (changed == 0)
-		return;
-
-	sport->old_status = status;
-
-	if (changed & TIOCM_RI)
-		sport->port.icount.rng++;
-	if (changed & TIOCM_DSR)
-		sport->port.icount.dsr++;
-	if (changed & TIOCM_CAR)
-		uart_handle_dcd_change(&sport->port, status & TIOCM_CAR);
-	if (changed & TIOCM_CTS)
-		uart_handle_cts_change(&sport->port, status & TIOCM_CTS);
-
-	wake_up_interruptible(&sport->port.state->port.delta_msr_wait);
-}
-
-/*
- * This is our per-port timeout handler, for checking the
- * modem status signals.
- */
-static void imx_timeout(unsigned long data)
-{
-	struct imx_port *sport = (struct imx_port *)data;
-	unsigned long flags;
-
-	if (sport->port.state) {
-		spin_lock_irqsave(&sport->port.lock, flags);
-		imx_mctrl_check(sport);
-		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&sport->port.lock, flags);
-
-		mod_timer(&sport->timer, jiffies + MCTRL_TIMEOUT);
-	}
-}
-
 /*
  * interrupts disabled on entry
  */
@@ -868,6 +823,51 @@ static void imx_break_ctl(struct uart_port *port, int break_state)
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&sport->port.lock, flags);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Handle any change of modem status signal since we were last called.
+ */
+static void imx_mctrl_check(struct imx_port *sport)
+{
+	unsigned int status, changed;
+
+	status = imx_get_mctrl(&sport->port);
+	changed = status ^ sport->old_status;
+
+	if (changed == 0)
+		return;
+
+	sport->old_status = status;
+
+	if (changed & TIOCM_RI)
+		sport->port.icount.rng++;
+	if (changed & TIOCM_DSR)
+		sport->port.icount.dsr++;
+	if (changed & TIOCM_CAR)
+		uart_handle_dcd_change(&sport->port, status & TIOCM_CAR);
+	if (changed & TIOCM_CTS)
+		uart_handle_cts_change(&sport->port, status & TIOCM_CTS);
+
+	wake_up_interruptible(&sport->port.state->port.delta_msr_wait);
+}
+
+/*
+ * This is our per-port timeout handler, for checking the
+ * modem status signals.
+ */
+static void imx_timeout(unsigned long data)
+{
+	struct imx_port *sport = (struct imx_port *)data;
+	unsigned long flags;
+
+	if (sport->port.state) {
+		spin_lock_irqsave(&sport->port.lock, flags);
+		imx_mctrl_check(sport);
+		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&sport->port.lock, flags);
+
+		mod_timer(&sport->timer, jiffies + MCTRL_TIMEOUT);
+	}
+}
+
 #define RX_BUF_SIZE	(PAGE_SIZE)
 static void imx_rx_dma_done(struct imx_port *sport)
 {