diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/imx.c b/drivers/tty/serial/imx.c
index d097169e85d1..ab958a59cae9 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/serial/imx.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/serial/imx.c
@@ -1141,12 +1141,20 @@ static int imx_startup(struct uart_port *port)
 	while (!(readl(sport->port.membase + UCR2) & UCR2_SRST) && (--i > 0))
 		udelay(1);
 
+	/* Can we enable the DMA support? */
+	if (is_imx6q_uart(sport) && !uart_console(port) &&
+	    !sport->dma_is_inited)
+		imx_uart_dma_init(sport);
+
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&sport->port.lock, flags);
 	/*
 	 * Finally, clear and enable interrupts
 	 */
 	writel(USR1_RTSD, sport->port.membase + USR1);
 
+	if (sport->dma_is_inited && !sport->dma_is_enabled)
+		imx_enable_dma(sport);
+
 	temp = readl(sport->port.membase + UCR1);
 	temp |= UCR1_RRDYEN | UCR1_RTSDEN | UCR1_UARTEN;
 
@@ -1326,11 +1334,6 @@ imx_set_termios(struct uart_port *port, struct ktermios *termios,
 		if (sport->have_rtscts) {
 			ucr2 &= ~UCR2_IRTS;
 			ucr2 |= UCR2_CTSC;
-
-			/* Can we enable the DMA support? */
-			if (is_imx6q_uart(sport) && !uart_console(port)
-				&& !sport->dma_is_inited)
-				imx_uart_dma_init(sport);
 		} else {
 			termios->c_cflag &= ~CRTSCTS;
 		}
@@ -1452,8 +1455,6 @@ imx_set_termios(struct uart_port *port, struct ktermios *termios,
 	if (UART_ENABLE_MS(&sport->port, termios->c_cflag))
 		imx_enable_ms(&sport->port);
 
-	if (sport->dma_is_inited && !sport->dma_is_enabled)
-		imx_enable_dma(sport);
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&sport->port.lock, flags);
 }