char flag;
 
        do {
-               ch = serial_inp(up, UART_RX);
+               if (likely(lsr & UART_LSR_DR))
+                       ch = serial_inp(up, UART_RX);
+               else
+                       /*
+                        * Intel 82571 has a Serial Over Lan device that will
+                        * set UART_LSR_BI without setting UART_LSR_DR when
+                        * it receives a break. To avoid reading from the
+                        * receive buffer without UART_LSR_DR bit set, we
+                        * just force the read character to be 0
+                        */
+                       ch = 0;
+
                flag = TTY_NORMAL;
                up->port.icount.rx++;
 
 
 ignore_char:
                lsr = serial_inp(up, UART_LSR);
-       } while ((lsr & UART_LSR_DR) && (max_count-- > 0));
+       } while ((lsr & (UART_LSR_DR | UART_LSR_BI)) && (max_count-- > 0));
        spin_unlock(&up->port.lock);
        tty_flip_buffer_push(tty);
        spin_lock(&up->port.lock);
 
        DEBUG_INTR("status = %x...", status);
 
-       if (status & UART_LSR_DR)
+       if (status & (UART_LSR_DR | UART_LSR_BI))
                receive_chars(up, &status);
        check_modem_status(up);
        if (status & UART_LSR_THRE)