1 files changed, 7 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-ep93xx/include/mach/uncompress.h b/arch/arm/mach-ep93xx/include/mach/uncompress.h
index d2afb4dd82ab..b5cc77d2380b 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-ep93xx/include/mach/uncompress.h
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-ep93xx/include/mach/uncompress.h
@@ -47,9 +47,13 @@ static void __raw_writel(unsigned int value, unsigned int ptr)
 
 static inline void putc(int c)
 {
-        /* Transmit fifo not full?  */
-        while (__raw_readb(PHYS_UART_FLAG) & UART_FLAG_TXFF)
-                ;
+        int i;
+
+        for (i = 0; i < 10000; i++) {
+                /* Transmit fifo not full? */
+                if (!(__raw_readb(PHYS_UART_FLAG) & UART_FLAG_TXFF))
+                        break;
+        }
 
         __raw_writeb(c, PHYS_UART_DATA);
 }