diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/xilinx_uartps.c b/drivers/tty/serial/xilinx_uartps.c
index b182ab8..f9a2c2f 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/serial/xilinx_uartps.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/serial/xilinx_uartps.c
@@ -1085,11 +1085,7 @@
 
 	xuartps_writel(ctrl, XUARTPS_CR_OFFSET);
 
-	/* restore interrupt state, it seems like there may be a h/w bug
-	 * in that the interrupt enable register should not need to be
-	 * written based on the data sheet
-	 */
-	xuartps_writel(~imr, XUARTPS_IDR_OFFSET);
+	/* restore interrupt state */
 	xuartps_writel(imr, XUARTPS_IER_OFFSET);
 
 	if (locked)