static void liteuart_stop_tx(struct uart_port *port)
 {
+       liteuart_update_irq_reg(port, false, EV_TX);
 }
 
 static void liteuart_start_tx(struct uart_port *port)
 {
-       struct circ_buf *xmit = &port->state->xmit;
-       unsigned char ch;
-
-       if (unlikely(port->x_char)) {
-               litex_write8(port->membase + OFF_RXTX, port->x_char);
-               port->icount.tx++;
-               port->x_char = 0;
-       } else if (!uart_circ_empty(xmit)) {
-               while (xmit->head != xmit->tail) {
-                       ch = xmit->buf[xmit->tail];
-                       uart_xmit_advance(port, 1);
-                       liteuart_putchar(port, ch);
-               }
-       }
-
-       if (uart_circ_chars_pending(xmit) < WAKEUP_CHARS)
-               uart_write_wakeup(port);
+       liteuart_update_irq_reg(port, true, EV_TX);
 }
 
 static void liteuart_stop_rx(struct uart_port *port)
        tty_flip_buffer_push(&port->state->port);
 }
 
+static void liteuart_tx_chars(struct uart_port *port)
+{
+       u8 ch;
+
+       uart_port_tx(port, ch,
+               !litex_read8(port->membase + OFF_TXFULL),
+               litex_write8(port->membase + OFF_RXTX, ch));
+}
+
 static irqreturn_t liteuart_interrupt(int irq, void *data)
 {
        struct liteuart_port *uart = data;
        isr = litex_read8(port->membase + OFF_EV_PENDING) & uart->irq_reg;
        if (isr & EV_RX)
                liteuart_rx_chars(port);
+       if (isr & EV_TX)
+               liteuart_tx_chars(port);
        spin_unlock_irqrestore(&port->lock, flags);
 
        return IRQ_RETVAL(isr);