diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/mxs-auart.c b/drivers/tty/serial/mxs-auart.c
index eac7b585bc0c..10e9d70b5c40 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/serial/mxs-auart.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/serial/mxs-auart.c
@@ -133,7 +133,6 @@ enum mxs_auart_type {
 struct mxs_auart_port {
 	struct uart_port port;
 
-#define MXS_AUART_DMA_CONFIG	0x1
 #define MXS_AUART_DMA_ENABLED	0x2
 #define MXS_AUART_DMA_TX_SYNC	2  /* bit 2 */
 #define MXS_AUART_DMA_RX_READY	3  /* bit 3 */
@@ -640,7 +639,7 @@ static void mxs_auart_settermios(struct uart_port *u,
 		 * we can only implement the DMA support for auart
 		 * in mx28.
 		 */
-		if (is_imx28_auart(s) && (s->flags & MXS_AUART_DMA_CONFIG)
+		if (is_imx28_auart(s)
 				&& test_bit(MXS_AUART_RTSCTS, &s->flags)) {
 			if (!mxs_auart_dma_init(s))
 				/* enable DMA tranfer */
@@ -1009,8 +1008,6 @@ static int serial_mxs_probe_dt(struct mxs_auart_port *s,
 	}
 	s->port.line = ret;
 
-	s->flags |= MXS_AUART_DMA_CONFIG;
-
 	if (of_get_property(np, "fsl,uart-has-rtscts", NULL))
 		set_bit(MXS_AUART_RTSCTS, &s->flags);