diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/imx.c b/drivers/tty/serial/imx.c
index 989ca7d662f3..672e97978279 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/serial/imx.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/serial/imx.c
@@ -624,7 +624,7 @@ 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,