diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/imx.c b/drivers/tty/serial/imx.c
index dfeff3951f93..fe368a46f8fe 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/serial/imx.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/serial/imx.c
@@ -2112,8 +2112,7 @@ static int serial_imx_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	sport->port.fifosize = 32;
 	sport->port.ops = &imx_pops;
 	sport->port.rs485_config = imx_rs485_config;
-	sport->port.rs485.flags =
-		SER_RS485_RTS_ON_SEND | SER_RS485_RX_DURING_TX;
+	sport->port.rs485.flags = SER_RS485_RTS_ON_SEND;
 	sport->port.flags = UPF_BOOT_AUTOCONF;
 	init_timer(&sport->timer);
 	sport->timer.function = imx_timeout;