1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-davinci/include/mach/uncompress.h b/arch/arm/mach-davinci/include/mach/uncompress.h
index 18cfd4977155..3a0ff905a69b 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-davinci/include/mach/uncompress.h
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-davinci/include/mach/uncompress.h
@@ -32,6 +32,9 @@ u32 *uart;
 /* PORT_16C550A, in polled non-fifo mode */
 static void putc(char c)
 {
+        if (!uart)
+                return;
+
         while (!(uart[UART_LSR] & UART_LSR_THRE))
                 barrier();
         uart[UART_TX] = c;
@@ -39,6 +42,9 @@ static void putc(char c)
 
 static inline void flush(void)
 {
+        if (!uart)
+                return;
+
         while (!(uart[UART_LSR] & UART_LSR_THRE))
                 barrier();
 }