diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/imx.c b/drivers/tty/serial/imx.c
index cacf7266a262d200948d2c5c10b80a0dc3323d6b..a66301b3b33d59a98c6e39cd94a38770c6915bbb 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/serial/imx.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/serial/imx.c
@@ -1881,7 +1881,7 @@ static int imx_uart_poll_init(struct uart_port *port)
 	ucr1 |= UCR1_UARTEN;
 	ucr1 &= ~(UCR1_TRDYEN | UCR1_RTSDEN | UCR1_RRDYEN);
 
-	ucr2 |= UCR2_RXEN;
+	ucr2 |= UCR2_RXEN | UCR2_TXEN;
 	ucr2 &= ~UCR2_ATEN;
 
 	imx_uart_writel(sport, ucr1, UCR1);