diff --git a/drivers/serial/imx.c b/drivers/serial/imx.c
index 18130f11238e6025b16682c9a00cca218727e370..60d665a17a885b280cd98b289dd783a58d9d4ac7 100644
--- a/drivers/serial/imx.c
+++ b/drivers/serial/imx.c
@@ -1088,7 +1088,7 @@ imx_console_get_options(struct imx_port *sport, int *baud,
 			   int *parity, int *bits)
 {
 
-	if ( readl(sport->port.membase + UCR1) | UCR1_UARTEN ) {
+	if (readl(sport->port.membase + UCR1) & UCR1_UARTEN) {
 		/* ok, the port was enabled */
 		unsigned int ucr2, ubir,ubmr, uartclk;
 		unsigned int baud_raw;