diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/arc_uart.c b/drivers/tty/serial/arc_uart.c
index c9f5c9dcc15c..008c223eaf26 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/serial/arc_uart.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/serial/arc_uart.c
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ static void arc_serial_tx_chars(struct arc_uart_port *uart)
 		uart->port.icount.tx++;
 		uart->port.x_char = 0;
 		sent = 1;
-	} else if (xmit->tail != xmit->head) {	/* TODO: uart_circ_empty */
+	} else if (!uart_circ_empty(xmit)) {
 		ch = xmit->buf[xmit->tail];
 		xmit->tail = (xmit->tail + 1) & (UART_XMIT_SIZE - 1);
 		uart->port.icount.tx++;