diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/qcom_geni_serial.c b/drivers/tty/serial/qcom_geni_serial.c
index b8aa4c1293ba..2e1b1c827dfe 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/serial/qcom_geni_serial.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/serial/qcom_geni_serial.c
@@ -851,19 +851,21 @@ static void qcom_geni_serial_stop_tx(struct uart_port *uport)
 }
 
 static void qcom_geni_serial_send_chunk_fifo(struct uart_port *uport,
-					     unsigned int remaining)
+					     unsigned int chunk)
 {
 	struct qcom_geni_serial_port *port = to_dev_port(uport);
 	struct circ_buf *xmit = &uport->state->xmit;
-	unsigned int tx_bytes;
+	unsigned int tx_bytes, c, remaining = chunk;
 	u8 buf[BYTES_PER_FIFO_WORD];
 
 	while (remaining) {
 		memset(buf, 0, sizeof(buf));
 		tx_bytes = min(remaining, BYTES_PER_FIFO_WORD);
 
-		memcpy(buf, &xmit->buf[xmit->tail], tx_bytes);
-		uart_xmit_advance(uport, tx_bytes);
+		for (c = 0; c < tx_bytes ; c++) {
+			buf[c] = xmit->buf[xmit->tail];
+			uart_xmit_advance(uport, 1);
+		}
 
 		iowrite32_rep(uport->membase + SE_GENI_TX_FIFOn, buf, 1);