diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 3a16989f4796..9b4488d09efe 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 0fba32136579648a5782a41e93d4a79547456a89
+refs/heads/master: 4a65e3827bcff072e5f4a96b3f73f9f17eb7d6d8
diff --git a/trunk/arch/sh/kernel/early_printk.c b/trunk/arch/sh/kernel/early_printk.c
index 18ca249e8409..11b4c85999b7 100644
--- a/trunk/arch/sh/kernel/early_printk.c
+++ b/trunk/arch/sh/kernel/early_printk.c
@@ -143,6 +143,7 @@ static void scif_sercon_init(char *s)
 {
 	struct uart_port *port = &scif_port;
 	unsigned baud = DEFAULT_BAUD;
+	unsigned int status;
 	char *e;
 
 	if (*s == ',')
@@ -161,12 +162,17 @@ static void scif_sercon_init(char *s)
 			baud = DEFAULT_BAUD;
 	}
 
+	do {
+		status = sci_in(port, SCxSR);
+	} while (!(status & SCxSR_TEND(port)));
+
 	sci_out(port, SCSCR, 0);	 /* TE=0, RE=0 */
 	sci_out(port, SCSMR, 0);
 
 	/* Set baud rate */
 	sci_out(port, SCBRR, (CONFIG_SH_PCLK_FREQ + 16 * baud) /
 		(32 * baud) - 1);
+	udelay((1000000+(baud-1)) / baud); /* Wait one bit interval */
 
 	sci_out(port, SCFCR, 12);
 	sci_out(port, SCFCR, 8);