diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/omap-serial.c b/drivers/tty/serial/omap-serial.c
index 1ca08b8..74a4f0a 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/serial/omap-serial.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/serial/omap-serial.c
@@ -195,74 +195,6 @@ static void serial_omap_stop_rx(struct uart_port *port)
 	pm_runtime_put_autosuspend(up->dev);
 }
 
-static inline void receive_chars(struct uart_omap_port *up,
-		unsigned int *status)
-{
-	struct tty_struct *tty = up->port.state->port.tty;
-	unsigned int flag, lsr = *status;
-	unsigned char ch = 0;
-	int max_count = 256;
-
-	do {
-		if (likely(lsr & UART_LSR_DR))
-			ch = serial_in(up, UART_RX);
-		flag = TTY_NORMAL;
-		up->port.icount.rx++;
-
-		if (unlikely(lsr & UART_LSR_BRK_ERROR_BITS)) {
-			/*
-			 * For statistics only
-			 */
-			if (lsr & UART_LSR_BI) {
-				lsr &= ~(UART_LSR_FE | UART_LSR_PE);
-				up->port.icount.brk++;
-				/*
-				 * We do the SysRQ and SAK checking
-				 * here because otherwise the break
-				 * may get masked by ignore_status_mask
-				 * or read_status_mask.
-				 */
-				if (uart_handle_break(&up->port))
-					goto ignore_char;
-			} else if (lsr & UART_LSR_PE) {
-				up->port.icount.parity++;
-			} else if (lsr & UART_LSR_FE) {
-				up->port.icount.frame++;
-			}
-
-			if (lsr & UART_LSR_OE)
-				up->port.icount.overrun++;
-
-			/*
-			 * Mask off conditions which should be ignored.
-			 */
-			lsr &= up->port.read_status_mask;
-
-#ifdef CONFIG_SERIAL_OMAP_CONSOLE
-			if (up->port.line == up->port.cons->index) {
-				/* Recover the break flag from console xmit */
-				lsr |= up->lsr_break_flag;
-			}
-#endif
-			if (lsr & UART_LSR_BI)
-				flag = TTY_BREAK;
-			else if (lsr & UART_LSR_PE)
-				flag = TTY_PARITY;
-			else if (lsr & UART_LSR_FE)
-				flag = TTY_FRAME;
-		}
-
-		if (uart_handle_sysrq_char(&up->port, ch))
-			goto ignore_char;
-		uart_insert_char(&up->port, lsr, UART_LSR_OE, ch, flag);
-ignore_char:
-		lsr = serial_in(up, UART_LSR);
-	} while ((lsr & (UART_LSR_DR | UART_LSR_BI)) && (max_count-- > 0));
-	spin_unlock(&up->port.lock);
-	tty_flip_buffer_push(tty);
-	spin_lock(&up->port.lock);
-}
-
 static void transmit_chars(struct uart_omap_port *up)
 {
 	struct circ_buf *xmit = &up->port.state->xmit;
@@ -341,6 +273,68 @@ static unsigned int check_modem_status(struct uart_omap_port *up)
 	return status;
 }
 
+static void serial_omap_rlsi(struct uart_omap_port *up, unsigned int lsr)
+{
+	unsigned int flag;
+
+	up->port.icount.rx++;
+	flag = TTY_NORMAL;
+
+	if (lsr & UART_LSR_BI) {
+		flag = TTY_BREAK;
+		lsr &= ~(UART_LSR_FE | UART_LSR_PE);
+		up->port.icount.brk++;
+		/*
+		 * We do the SysRQ and SAK checking
+		 * here because otherwise the break
+		 * may get masked by ignore_status_mask
+		 * or read_status_mask.
+		 */
+		if (uart_handle_break(&up->port))
+			return;
+
+	}
+
+	if (lsr & UART_LSR_PE) {
+		flag = TTY_PARITY;
+		up->port.icount.parity++;
+	}
+
+	if (lsr & UART_LSR_FE) {
+		flag = TTY_FRAME;
+		up->port.icount.frame++;
+	}
+
+	if (lsr & UART_LSR_OE)
+		up->port.icount.overrun++;
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_SERIAL_OMAP_CONSOLE
+	if (up->port.line == up->port.cons->index) {
+		/* Recover the break flag from console xmit */
+		lsr |= up->lsr_break_flag;
+	}
+#endif
+	uart_insert_char(&up->port, lsr, UART_LSR_OE, 0, flag);
+}
+
+static void serial_omap_rdi(struct uart_omap_port *up, unsigned int lsr)
+{
+	unsigned char ch = 0;
+	unsigned int flag;
+
+	if (!(lsr & UART_LSR_DR))
+		return;
+
+	ch = serial_in(up, UART_RX);
+	flag = TTY_NORMAL;
+	up->port.icount.rx++;
+
+	if (uart_handle_sysrq_char(&up->port, ch))
+		return;
+
+	uart_insert_char(&up->port, lsr, UART_LSR_OE, ch, flag);
+}
+
 /**
  * serial_omap_irq() - This handles the interrupt from one port
  * @irq: uart port irq number
@@ -349,52 +343,55 @@ static unsigned int check_modem_status(struct uart_omap_port *up)
 static inline irqreturn_t serial_omap_irq(int irq, void *dev_id)
 {
 	struct uart_omap_port *up = dev_id;
+	struct tty_struct *tty = up->port.state->port.tty;
 	unsigned int iir, lsr;
 	unsigned int type;
 	unsigned long flags;
+	int max_count = 256;
 
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&up->port.lock, flags);
 	pm_runtime_get_sync(up->dev);
-	iir = serial_in(up, UART_IIR);
-again:
-	if (iir & UART_IIR_NO_INT)
-		goto out;
 
-	lsr = serial_in(up, UART_LSR);
+	do {
+		iir = serial_in(up, UART_IIR);
+		if (iir & UART_IIR_NO_INT)
+			break;
 
-	/* extract IRQ type from IIR register */
-	type = iir & 0x3e;
+		lsr = serial_in(up, UART_LSR);
 
-	switch (type) {
-	case UART_IIR_MSI:
-		check_modem_status(up);
-		break;
-	case UART_IIR_THRI:
-		if (lsr & UART_LSR_THRE)
-			transmit_chars(up);
-		break;
-	case UART_IIR_RDI:
-		if (lsr & UART_LSR_DR)
-			receive_chars(up, &lsr);
-		break;
-	case UART_IIR_RLSI:
-		if (lsr & UART_LSR_BRK_ERROR_BITS)
-			receive_chars(up, &lsr);
-		break;
-	case UART_IIR_RX_TIMEOUT:
-		receive_chars(up, &lsr);
-		break;
-	case UART_IIR_CTS_RTS_DSR:
-		iir = serial_in(up, UART_IIR);
-		goto again;
-	case UART_IIR_XOFF:
-		/* FALLTHROUGH */
-	default:
-		break;
-	}
+		/* extract IRQ type from IIR register */
+		type = iir & 0x3e;
+
+		switch (type) {
+		case UART_IIR_MSI:
+			check_modem_status(up);
+			break;
+		case UART_IIR_THRI:
+			if (lsr & UART_LSR_THRE)
+				transmit_chars(up);
+			break;
+		case UART_IIR_RX_TIMEOUT:
+			/* FALLTHROUGH */
+		case UART_IIR_RDI:
+			serial_omap_rdi(up, lsr);
+			break;
+		case UART_IIR_RLSI:
+			serial_omap_rlsi(up, lsr);
+			break;
+		case UART_IIR_CTS_RTS_DSR:
+			/* simply try again */
+			break;
+		case UART_IIR_XOFF:
+			/* FALLTHROUGH */
+		default:
+			break;
+		}
+	} while (!(iir & UART_IIR_NO_INT) && max_count--);
 
-out:
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&up->port.lock, flags);
+
+	tty_flip_buffer_push(tty);
+
 	pm_runtime_mark_last_busy(up->dev);
 	pm_runtime_put_autosuspend(up->dev);
 	up->port_activity = jiffies;
