diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/mfd.c b/drivers/tty/serial/mfd.c
index d40010a22ecd..776777462937 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/serial/mfd.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/serial/mfd.c
@@ -51,8 +51,6 @@
 #define mfd_readl(obj, offset)		readl(obj->reg + offset)
 #define mfd_writel(obj, offset, val)	writel(val, obj->reg + offset)
 
-#define HSU_DMA_TIMEOUT_CHECK_FREQ	(HZ/10)
-
 struct hsu_dma_buffer {
 	u8		*buf;
 	dma_addr_t	dma_addr;
@@ -65,7 +63,6 @@ struct hsu_dma_chan {
 	enum dma_data_direction	dirt;
 	struct uart_hsu_port	*uport;
 	void __iomem		*reg;
-	struct timer_list	rx_timer; /* only needed by RX channel */
 };
 
 struct uart_hsu_port {
@@ -355,8 +352,6 @@ void hsu_dma_start_rx_chan(struct hsu_dma_chan *rxc, struct hsu_dma_buffer *dbuf
 					 | (0x1 << 24)	/* timeout bit, see HSU Errata 1 */
 					 );
 	chan_writel(rxc, HSU_CH_CR, 0x3);
-
-	mod_timer(&rxc->rx_timer, jiffies + HSU_DMA_TIMEOUT_CHECK_FREQ);
 }
 
 /* Protected by spin_lock_irqsave(port->lock) */
@@ -420,7 +415,6 @@ void hsu_dma_rx(struct uart_hsu_port *up, u32 int_sts)
 		chan_writel(chan, HSU_CH_CR, 0x3);
 		return;
 	}
-	del_timer(&chan->rx_timer);
 
 	dma_sync_single_for_cpu(port->dev, dbuf->dma_addr,
 			dbuf->dma_size, DMA_FROM_DEVICE);
@@ -448,8 +442,6 @@ void hsu_dma_rx(struct uart_hsu_port *up, u32 int_sts)
 	tty_flip_buffer_push(tty);
 
 	chan_writel(chan, HSU_CH_CR, 0x3);
-	chan->rx_timer.expires = jiffies + HSU_DMA_TIMEOUT_CHECK_FREQ;
-	add_timer(&chan->rx_timer);
 
 }
 
@@ -870,8 +862,6 @@ static void serial_hsu_shutdown(struct uart_port *port)
 		container_of(port, struct uart_hsu_port, port);
 	unsigned long flags;
 
-	del_timer_sync(&up->rxc->rx_timer);
-
 	/* Disable interrupts from this port */
 	up->ier = 0;
 	serial_out(up, UART_IER, 0);
@@ -1343,28 +1333,6 @@ err_disable:
 	return ret;
 }
 
-static void hsu_dma_rx_timeout(unsigned long data)
-{
-	struct hsu_dma_chan *chan = (void *)data;
-	struct uart_hsu_port *up = chan->uport;
-	struct hsu_dma_buffer *dbuf = &up->rxbuf;
-	int count = 0;
-	unsigned long flags;
-
-	spin_lock_irqsave(&up->port.lock, flags);
-
-	count = chan_readl(chan, HSU_CH_D0SAR) - dbuf->dma_addr;
-
-	if (!count) {
-		mod_timer(&chan->rx_timer, jiffies + HSU_DMA_TIMEOUT_CHECK_FREQ);
-		goto exit;
-	}
-
-	hsu_dma_rx(up, 0);
-exit:
-	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&up->port.lock, flags);
-}
-
 static void hsu_global_init(void)
 {
 	struct hsu_port *hsu;
@@ -1427,12 +1395,6 @@ static void hsu_global_init(void)
 		dchan->reg = hsu->reg + HSU_DMA_CHANS_REG_OFFSET +
 				i * HSU_DMA_CHANS_REG_LENGTH;
 
-		/* Work around for RX */
-		if (dchan->dirt == DMA_FROM_DEVICE) {
-			init_timer(&dchan->rx_timer);
-			dchan->rx_timer.function = hsu_dma_rx_timeout;
-			dchan->rx_timer.data = (unsigned long)dchan;
-		}
 		dchan++;
 	}