diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/serial-tegra.c b/drivers/tty/serial/serial-tegra.c
index 3b495e7c9534..33034b852a51 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/serial/serial-tegra.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/serial/serial-tegra.c
@@ -534,11 +534,12 @@ static int tegra_uart_start_tx_dma(struct tegra_uart_port *tup,
 	struct circ_buf *xmit = &tup->uport.state->xmit;
 	dma_addr_t tx_phys_addr;
 
-	dma_sync_single_for_device(tup->uport.dev, tup->tx_dma_buf_phys,
-				UART_XMIT_SIZE, DMA_TO_DEVICE);
-
 	tup->tx_bytes = count & ~(0xF);
 	tx_phys_addr = tup->tx_dma_buf_phys + xmit->tail;
+
+	dma_sync_single_for_device(tup->uport.dev, tx_phys_addr,
+				   tup->tx_bytes, DMA_TO_DEVICE);
+
 	tup->tx_dma_desc = dmaengine_prep_slave_single(tup->tx_dma_chan,
 				tx_phys_addr, tup->tx_bytes, DMA_MEM_TO_DEV,
 				DMA_PREP_INTERRUPT);
@@ -680,7 +681,7 @@ static void tegra_uart_copy_rx_to_tty(struct tegra_uart_port *tup,
 		return;
 
 	dma_sync_single_for_cpu(tup->uport.dev, tup->rx_dma_buf_phys,
-				TEGRA_UART_RX_DMA_BUFFER_SIZE, DMA_FROM_DEVICE);
+				count, DMA_FROM_DEVICE);
 	copied = tty_insert_flip_string(tty,
 			((unsigned char *)(tup->rx_dma_buf_virt)), count);
 	if (copied != count) {
@@ -688,7 +689,7 @@ static void tegra_uart_copy_rx_to_tty(struct tegra_uart_port *tup,
 		dev_err(tup->uport.dev, "RxData copy to tty layer failed\n");
 	}
 	dma_sync_single_for_device(tup->uport.dev, tup->rx_dma_buf_phys,
-				TEGRA_UART_RX_DMA_BUFFER_SIZE, DMA_TO_DEVICE);
+				   count, DMA_TO_DEVICE);
 }
 
 static void tegra_uart_rx_buffer_push(struct tegra_uart_port *tup,
@@ -788,8 +789,6 @@ static int tegra_uart_start_rx_dma(struct tegra_uart_port *tup)
 	tup->rx_dma_active = true;
 	tup->rx_dma_desc->callback = tegra_uart_rx_dma_complete;
 	tup->rx_dma_desc->callback_param = tup;
-	dma_sync_single_for_device(tup->uport.dev, tup->rx_dma_buf_phys,
-				count, DMA_TO_DEVICE);
 	tup->rx_bytes_requested = count;
 	tup->rx_cookie = dmaengine_submit(tup->rx_dma_desc);
 	dma_async_issue_pending(tup->rx_dma_chan);
@@ -1154,6 +1153,9 @@ static int tegra_uart_dma_channel_allocate(struct tegra_uart_port *tup,
 			dma_release_channel(dma_chan);
 			return -ENOMEM;
 		}
+		dma_sync_single_for_device(tup->uport.dev, dma_phys,
+					   TEGRA_UART_RX_DMA_BUFFER_SIZE,
+					   DMA_TO_DEVICE);
 		dma_sconfig.src_addr = tup->uport.mapbase;
 		dma_sconfig.src_addr_width = DMA_SLAVE_BUSWIDTH_1_BYTE;
 		dma_sconfig.src_maxburst = tup->cdata->max_dma_burst_bytes;