diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_omap.c b/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_omap.c
index 624b501fd253b..93de20e87abe1 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_omap.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_omap.c
@@ -1110,13 +1110,14 @@ static int omap8250_no_handle_irq(struct uart_port *port)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static const u8 omap4_habit = UART_ERRATA_CLOCK_DISABLE;
 static const u8 am3352_habit = OMAP_DMA_TX_KICK | UART_ERRATA_CLOCK_DISABLE;
 static const u8 dra742_habit = UART_ERRATA_CLOCK_DISABLE;
 
 static const struct of_device_id omap8250_dt_ids[] = {
 	{ .compatible = "ti,omap2-uart" },
 	{ .compatible = "ti,omap3-uart" },
-	{ .compatible = "ti,omap4-uart" },
+	{ .compatible = "ti,omap4-uart", .data = &omap4_habit, },
 	{ .compatible = "ti,am3352-uart", .data = &am3352_habit, },
 	{ .compatible = "ti,am4372-uart", .data = &am3352_habit, },
 	{ .compatible = "ti,dra742-uart", .data = &dra742_habit, },
@@ -1353,6 +1354,19 @@ static int omap8250_soft_reset(struct device *dev)
 	int sysc;
 	int syss;
 
+	/*
+	 * At least on omap4, unused uarts may not idle after reset without
+	 * a basic scr dma configuration even with no dma in use. The
+	 * module clkctrl status bits will be 1 instead of 3 blocking idle
+	 * for the whole clockdomain. The softreset below will clear scr,
+	 * and we restore it on resume so this is safe to do on all SoCs
+	 * needing omap8250_soft_reset() quirk. Do it in two writes as
+	 * recommended in the comment for omap8250_update_scr().
+	 */
+	serial_out(up, UART_OMAP_SCR, OMAP_UART_SCR_DMAMODE_1);
+	serial_out(up, UART_OMAP_SCR,
+		   OMAP_UART_SCR_DMAMODE_1 | OMAP_UART_SCR_DMAMODE_CTL);
+
 	sysc = serial_in(up, UART_OMAP_SYSC);
 
 	/* softreset the UART */