diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/ar933x_uart.c b/drivers/tty/serial/ar933x_uart.c
index 0a4020dba165c..925484a42c821 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/serial/ar933x_uart.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/serial/ar933x_uart.c
@@ -583,6 +583,13 @@ static const struct uart_ops ar933x_uart_ops = {
 static int ar933x_config_rs485(struct uart_port *port, struct ktermios *termios,
 				struct serial_rs485 *rs485conf)
 {
+	struct ar933x_uart_port *up =
+			container_of(port, struct ar933x_uart_port, port);
+
+	if (port->rs485.flags & SER_RS485_ENABLED)
+		gpiod_set_value(up->rts_gpiod,
+			!!(rs485conf->flags & SER_RS485_RTS_AFTER_SEND));
+
 	return 0;
 }