diff --git a/README b/README
index a35ef318da100b51f66c5515f6660fa2014ed90a..5c5cd18551ce34627f9ec652fd5cc9d490c9dbc0 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -627,14 +627,6 @@ The following options need to be configured:
 		boot loader that has already initialized the UART.  Define this
 		variable to flush the UART at init time.
 
-		CONFIG_SYS_NS16550_BROKEN_TEMT
-
-		16550 UART set the Transmitter Empty (TEMT) Bit when all output
-		has finished and the transmitter is totally empty. U-Boot waits
-		for this bit to be set to initialize the serial console. On some
-		broken platforms this bit is not set in SPL making U-Boot to
-		hang while waiting for TEMT. Define this option to avoid it.
-
 
 - Console Interface:
 		Depending on board, define exactly one serial port
diff --git a/drivers/serial/ns16550.c b/drivers/serial/ns16550.c
index ed4e6b3a1fdc6822491b1b2a7b641afe5967d36d..7f013ab33c511d41e2bcbdd47d2372b778d52f43 100644
--- a/drivers/serial/ns16550.c
+++ b/drivers/serial/ns16550.c
@@ -36,10 +36,24 @@
 
 void NS16550_init(NS16550_t com_port, int baud_divisor)
 {
-#if (!defined(CONFIG_SYS_NS16550_BROKEN_TEMT))
+#if (defined(CONFIG_SPL_BUILD) && defined(CONFIG_OMAP34XX))
+	/*
+	 * On some OMAP3 devices when UART3 is configured for boot mode before
+	 * SPL starts only THRE bit is set. We have to empty the transmitter
+	 * before initialization starts.
+	 */
+	if ((serial_in(&com_port->lsr) & (UART_LSR_TEMT | UART_LSR_THRE))
+	     == UART_LSR_THRE) {
+		serial_out(UART_LCR_DLAB, &com_port->lcr);
+		serial_out(baud_divisor & 0xff, &com_port->dll);
+		serial_out((baud_divisor >> 8) & 0xff, &com_port->dlm);
+		serial_out(UART_LCRVAL, &com_port->lcr);
+		serial_out(0, &com_port->mdr1);
+	}
+#endif
+
 	while (!(serial_in(&com_port->lsr) & UART_LSR_TEMT))
 		;
-#endif
 
 	serial_out(CONFIG_SYS_NS16550_IER, &com_port->ier);
 #if (defined(CONFIG_OMAP) && !defined(CONFIG_OMAP3_ZOOM2)) || \
diff --git a/include/configs/igep00x0.h b/include/configs/igep00x0.h
index 849fb1624f0d8625df874bcb028d79f22ec40374..1d8090bf6ae9c88b1c3fdc3ce3cda6f1f1173bbe 100644
--- a/include/configs/igep00x0.h
+++ b/include/configs/igep00x0.h
@@ -69,9 +69,6 @@
 #define CONFIG_SYS_NS16550_REG_SIZE	(-4)
 #define CONFIG_SYS_NS16550_CLK		V_NS16550_CLK
 
-/* define to avoid U-Boot to hang while waiting for TEMT */
-#define CONFIG_SYS_NS16550_BROKEN_TEMT
-
 /* select serial console configuration */
 #define CONFIG_CONS_INDEX		3
 #define CONFIG_SYS_NS16550_COM3		OMAP34XX_UART3