diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index dbf82cded215..8fc9f56e4840 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 4c3d514d7e5b394d1df76201aada8956c9605882
+refs/heads/master: 17c5c2093624e81acda16fb737e4679750addd7a
diff --git a/trunk/arch/powerpc/boot/uartlite.c b/trunk/arch/powerpc/boot/uartlite.c
index 38a470b329e3..46bed69b4169 100644
--- a/trunk/arch/powerpc/boot/uartlite.c
+++ b/trunk/arch/powerpc/boot/uartlite.c
@@ -45,8 +45,8 @@ static void uartlite_putc(unsigned char c)
 
 static unsigned char uartlite_getc(void)
 {
-	u32 reg = ULITE_STATUS_RXVALID;
-	while (reg & ULITE_STATUS_RXVALID) /* spin on RXVALID bit */
+	u32 reg = 0;
+	while (!(reg & ULITE_STATUS_RXVALID)) /* spin waiting for RXVALID bit */
 		reg = in_be32(reg_base + ULITE_STATUS);
 	return in_be32(reg_base + ULITE_RX);
 }