diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/meson_uart.c b/drivers/tty/serial/meson_uart.c
index 6c365267e26a1f1b87491eb41cb8c43744d45cc5..b12a37bd37b630fddb6613c79992a6ec7cc8b58a 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/serial/meson_uart.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/serial/meson_uart.c
@@ -237,8 +237,10 @@ static irqreturn_t meson_uart_interrupt(int irq, void *dev_id)
 	if (!(readl(port->membase + AML_UART_STATUS) & AML_UART_RX_EMPTY))
 		meson_receive_chars(port);
 
-	if (!(readl(port->membase + AML_UART_STATUS) & AML_UART_TX_FULL))
-		meson_uart_start_tx(port);
+	if (!(readl(port->membase + AML_UART_STATUS) & AML_UART_TX_FULL)) {
+		if (readl(port->membase + AML_UART_CONTROL) & AML_UART_TX_INT_EN)
+			meson_uart_start_tx(port);
+	}
 
 	spin_unlock(&port->lock);