diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/imx.c b/drivers/tty/serial/imx.c
index 357d3ff34d5177160c1829059c9a686276199d60..a9e20e6c63add74e117d35b3362a1985c4ed14fc 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/serial/imx.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/serial/imx.c
@@ -619,7 +619,7 @@ static void imx_uart_dma_tx(struct imx_port *sport)
 		dev_err(dev, "DMA mapping error for TX.\n");
 		return;
 	}
-	desc = dmaengine_prep_slave_sg(chan, sgl, sport->dma_tx_nents,
+	desc = dmaengine_prep_slave_sg(chan, sgl, ret,
 					DMA_MEM_TO_DEV, DMA_PREP_INTERRUPT);
 	if (!desc) {
 		dma_unmap_sg(dev, sgl, sport->dma_tx_nents,