diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_port.c b/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_port.c
index de6655d50c37..54e6c8ddef5d 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_port.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_port.c
@@ -1834,6 +1834,21 @@ int serial8250_do_startup(struct uart_port *port)
 	 */
 	enable_rsa(up);
 #endif
+
+	if (port->type == PORT_XR17V35X) {
+		/*
+		 * First enable access to IER [7:5], ISR [5:4], FCR [5:4],
+		 * MCR [7:5] and MSR [7:0]
+		 */
+		serial_port_out(port, UART_XR_EFR, UART_EFR_ECB);
+
+		/*
+		 * Make sure all interrups are masked until initialization is
+		 * complete and the FIFOs are cleared
+		 */
+		serial_port_out(port, UART_IER, 0);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * Clear the FIFO buffers and disable them.
 	 * (they will be reenabled in set_termios())