diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/imx.c b/drivers/tty/serial/imx.c
index f07c4f9ff13c..d2137f6eff32 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/serial/imx.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/serial/imx.c
@@ -397,6 +397,16 @@ static void start_hrtimer_ms(struct hrtimer *hrt, unsigned long msec)
        hrtimer_start(hrt, ms_to_ktime(msec), HRTIMER_MODE_REL);
 }
 
+static void imx_uart_disable_loopback_rs485(struct imx_port *sport)
+{
+	unsigned int uts;
+
+	/* See SER_RS485_ENABLED/UTS_LOOP comment in imx_uart_probe() */
+	uts = imx_uart_readl(sport, imx_uart_uts_reg(sport));
+	uts &= ~UTS_LOOP;
+	imx_uart_writel(sport, uts, imx_uart_uts_reg(sport));
+}
+
 /* called with port.lock taken and irqs off */
 static void imx_uart_start_rx(struct uart_port *port)
 {
@@ -418,6 +428,7 @@ static void imx_uart_start_rx(struct uart_port *port)
 	/* Write UCR2 first as it includes RXEN */
 	imx_uart_writel(sport, ucr2, UCR2);
 	imx_uart_writel(sport, ucr1, UCR1);
+	imx_uart_disable_loopback_rs485(sport);
 }
 
 /* called with port.lock taken and irqs off */
@@ -1404,7 +1415,7 @@ static int imx_uart_startup(struct uart_port *port)
 	int retval, i;
 	unsigned long flags;
 	int dma_is_inited = 0;
-	u32 ucr1, ucr2, ucr3, ucr4, uts;
+	u32 ucr1, ucr2, ucr3, ucr4;
 
 	retval = clk_prepare_enable(sport->clk_per);
 	if (retval)
@@ -1509,10 +1520,7 @@ static int imx_uart_startup(struct uart_port *port)
 		imx_uart_writel(sport, ucr2, UCR2);
 	}
 
-	/* See SER_RS485_ENABLED/UTS_LOOP comment in imx_uart_probe() */
-	uts = imx_uart_readl(sport, imx_uart_uts_reg(sport));
-	uts &= ~UTS_LOOP;
-	imx_uart_writel(sport, uts, imx_uart_uts_reg(sport));
+	imx_uart_disable_loopback_rs485(sport);
 
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&sport->port.lock, flags);