diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/imx.c b/drivers/tty/serial/imx.c
index e75bd8d7e6f68..325c38c9b4516 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/serial/imx.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/serial/imx.c
@@ -532,7 +532,7 @@ static void imx_dma_tx(struct imx_port *sport)
 
 	sport->tx_bytes = uart_circ_chars_pending(xmit);
 
-	if (xmit->tail < xmit->head) {
+	if (xmit->tail < xmit->head || xmit->head == 0) {
 		sport->dma_tx_nents = 1;
 		sg_init_one(sgl, xmit->buf + xmit->tail, sport->tx_bytes);
 	} else {