diff --git a/arch/sh/kernel/early_printk.c b/arch/sh/kernel/early_printk.c
index 98a29a78230179f54425d27ea35947beb4de405e..a952dcf9999d43bedbef8ff275aa3517fb13ab91 100644
--- a/arch/sh/kernel/early_printk.c
+++ b/arch/sh/kernel/early_printk.c
@@ -85,9 +85,9 @@ static void scif_sercon_putc(int c)
 	while (((sci_in(&scif_port, SCFDR) & EPK_FIFO_BITS) >= EPK_FIFO_SIZE))
 		;
 
-	sci_out(&scif_port, SCxTDR, c);
 	sci_in(&scif_port, SCxSR);
 	sci_out(&scif_port, SCxSR, 0xf3 & ~(0x20 | 0x40));
+	sci_out(&scif_port, SCxTDR, c);
 
 	while ((sci_in(&scif_port, SCxSR) & 0x40) == 0)
 		;
diff --git a/drivers/serial/sh-sci.c b/drivers/serial/sh-sci.c
index 518c0321e4d35b98f01e75bfaaf6e99a784ad473..165fc010978c2624a7a45730f403b505ed48e726 100644
--- a/drivers/serial/sh-sci.c
+++ b/drivers/serial/sh-sci.c
@@ -144,9 +144,9 @@ static void put_char(struct uart_port *port, char c)
 		status = sci_in(port, SCxSR);
 	} while (!(status & SCxSR_TDxE(port)));
 
-	sci_out(port, SCxTDR, c);
 	sci_in(port, SCxSR);            /* Dummy read */
 	sci_out(port, SCxSR, SCxSR_TDxE_CLEAR(port));
+	sci_out(port, SCxTDR, c);
 
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&port->lock, flags);
 }