diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/sirfsoc_uart.c b/drivers/tty/serial/sirfsoc_uart.c
index 68b0fd4b9a6a21..845548cf05f82a 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/serial/sirfsoc_uart.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/serial/sirfsoc_uart.c
@@ -1228,7 +1228,7 @@ static void sirfsoc_uart_console_putchar(struct uart_port *port, int ch)
 	while (rd_regl(port,
 		ureg->sirfsoc_tx_fifo_status) & ufifo_st->ff_full(port->line))
 		cpu_relax();
-	wr_regb(port, ureg->sirfsoc_tx_fifo_data, ch);
+	wr_regl(port, ureg->sirfsoc_tx_fifo_data, ch);
 }
 
 static void sirfsoc_uart_console_write(struct console *co, const char *s,
diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/sirfsoc_uart.h b/drivers/tty/serial/sirfsoc_uart.h
index 8a6eddad2f3ca0..4280819e188807 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/serial/sirfsoc_uart.h
+++ b/drivers/tty/serial/sirfsoc_uart.h
@@ -441,9 +441,7 @@ struct sirfsoc_uart_port {
 
 /* Register Access Control */
 #define portaddr(port, reg)		((port)->membase + (reg))
-#define rd_regb(port, reg)		(__raw_readb(portaddr(port, reg)))
 #define rd_regl(port, reg)		(__raw_readl(portaddr(port, reg)))
-#define wr_regb(port, reg, val)		__raw_writeb(val, portaddr(port, reg))
 #define wr_regl(port, reg, val)		__raw_writel(val, portaddr(port, reg))
 
 /* UART Port Mask */