diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/sh-sci.c b/drivers/tty/serial/sh-sci.c
index d88c84cd88a4..408f706393de 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/serial/sh-sci.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/serial/sh-sci.c
@@ -2152,6 +2152,10 @@ static void sci_reset(struct uart_port *port)
 	reg = sci_getreg(port, SCFCR);
 	if (reg->size)
 		serial_port_out(port, SCFCR, SCFCR_RFRST | SCFCR_TFRST);
+
+	sci_clear_SCxSR(port,
+			SCxSR_RDxF_CLEAR(port) & SCxSR_ERROR_CLEAR(port) &
+			SCxSR_BREAK_CLEAR(port));
 }
 
 static void sci_set_termios(struct uart_port *port, struct ktermios *termios,