diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/imx.c b/drivers/tty/serial/imx.c
index c7683d747c18..db749f768ac4 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/serial/imx.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/serial/imx.c
@@ -436,12 +436,14 @@ static void imx_stop_rx(struct uart_port *port)
 	struct imx_port *sport = (struct imx_port *)port;
 	unsigned long temp;
 
-	/*
-	 * We are maybe in the SMP context, so if the DMA TX thread is running
-	 * on other cpu, we have to wait for it to finish.
-	 */
-	if (sport->dma_is_enabled && sport->dma_is_rxing)
-		return;
+	if (sport->dma_is_enabled && sport->dma_is_rxing) {
+		if (sport->port.suspended) {
+			dmaengine_terminate_all(sport->dma_chan_rx);
+			sport->dma_is_rxing = 0;
+		} else {
+			return;
+		}
+	}
 
 	temp = readl(sport->port.membase + UCR2);
 	writel(temp & ~UCR2_RXEN, sport->port.membase + UCR2);