diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index cdc86688f300..856199f1d9c4 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 2fe37a6ec933ca7332a8ca8d29e87705116afd3a
+refs/heads/master: 55045d47d7a8c4c61bc0ca6f2fac5087dd598bc3
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/char/hvc_beat.c b/trunk/drivers/char/hvc_beat.c
index e74bb949c289..91cdb35a9204 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/char/hvc_beat.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/char/hvc_beat.c
@@ -78,8 +78,8 @@ static int hvc_beat_put_chars(uint32_t vtermno, const char *buf, int cnt)
 	for (rest = cnt; rest > 0; rest -= nlen) {
 		nlen = (rest > 16) ? 16 : rest;
 		memcpy(kb, buf, nlen);
-		beat_put_term_char(vtermno, rest, kb[0], kb[1]);
-		rest -= nlen;
+		beat_put_term_char(vtermno, nlen, kb[0], kb[1]);
+		buf += nlen;
 	}
 	return cnt;
 }