diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/uartlite.c b/drivers/tty/serial/uartlite.c
index 5f90ef24d475ff728777c63fe32c7ea97adc6485..dce27f34937e0960fd92cecf24105976050a0003 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/serial/uartlite.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/serial/uartlite.c
@@ -418,14 +418,23 @@ static struct uart_ops ulite_ops = {
 #ifdef CONFIG_SERIAL_UARTLITE_CONSOLE
 static void ulite_console_wait_tx(struct uart_port *port)
 {
-	int i;
 	u8 val;
-
-	/* Spin waiting for TX fifo to have space available */
-	for (i = 0; i < 100000; i++) {
+	unsigned long timeout;
+
+	/*
+	 * Spin waiting for TX fifo to have space available.
+	 * When using the Microblaze Debug Module this can take up to 1s
+	 */
+	timeout = jiffies + msecs_to_jiffies(1000);
+	while (1) {
 		val = uart_in32(ULITE_STATUS, port);
 		if ((val & ULITE_STATUS_TXFULL) == 0)
 			break;
+		if (time_after(jiffies, timeout)) {
+			dev_warn(port->dev,
+				 "timeout waiting for TX buffer empty\n");
+			break;
+		}
 		cpu_relax();
 	}
 }