diff --git a/arch/arm/plat-samsung/include/plat/uncompress.h b/arch/arm/plat-samsung/include/plat/uncompress.h
index 438b24846e7f..02b66d723d1a 100644
--- a/arch/arm/plat-samsung/include/plat/uncompress.h
+++ b/arch/arm/plat-samsung/include/plat/uncompress.h
@@ -66,6 +66,9 @@ uart_rd(unsigned int reg)
 
 static void putc(int ch)
 {
+	if (!config_enabled(CONFIG_DEBUG_LL))
+		return;
+
 	if (uart_rd(S3C2410_UFCON) & S3C2410_UFCON_FIFOMODE) {
 		int level;
 
@@ -118,7 +121,12 @@ static void arch_decomp_error(const char *x)
 #ifdef CONFIG_S3C_BOOT_UART_FORCE_FIFO
 static inline void arch_enable_uart_fifo(void)
 {
-	u32 fifocon = uart_rd(S3C2410_UFCON);
+	u32 fifocon;
+
+	if (!config_enabled(CONFIG_DEBUG_LL))
+		return;
+
+	fifocon = uart_rd(S3C2410_UFCON);
 
 	if (!(fifocon & S3C2410_UFCON_FIFOMODE)) {
 		fifocon |= S3C2410_UFCON_RESETBOTH;