diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index ae242d730ac7..4729b3bb704c 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: a99632014631409483a481a6a0d77d09ded47239
+refs/heads/master: bf73bd35a296b31dace098b9104b6b593ee0070f
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/tty/hvc/hvc_dcc.c b/trunk/drivers/tty/hvc/hvc_dcc.c
index 155ec105e1c8..ad23cc8082a0 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/tty/hvc/hvc_dcc.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/tty/hvc/hvc_dcc.c
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ static int hvc_dcc_put_chars(uint32_t vt, const char *buf, int count)
 		while (__dcc_getstatus() & DCC_STATUS_TX)
 			cpu_relax();
 
-		__dcc_putchar((char)(buf[i] & 0xFF));
+		__dcc_putchar(buf[i]);
 	}
 
 	return count;
@@ -99,15 +99,11 @@ static int hvc_dcc_get_chars(uint32_t vt, char *buf, int count)
 {
 	int i;
 
-	for (i = 0; i < count; ++i) {
-		int c = -1;
-
+	for (i = 0; i < count; ++i)
 		if (__dcc_getstatus() & DCC_STATUS_RX)
-			c = __dcc_getchar();
-		if (c < 0)
+			buf[i] = __dcc_getchar();
+		else
 			break;
-		buf[i] = c;
-	}
 
 	return i;
 }