static void tegra_uart_dma_channel_free(struct tegra_uart_port *tup,
                bool dma_to_memory)
 {
-       struct dma_chan *dma_chan;
-
        if (dma_to_memory) {
+               dmaengine_terminate_all(tup->rx_dma_chan);
+               dma_release_channel(tup->rx_dma_chan);
                dma_free_coherent(tup->uport.dev, TEGRA_UART_RX_DMA_BUFFER_SIZE,
                                tup->rx_dma_buf_virt, tup->rx_dma_buf_phys);
-               dma_chan = tup->rx_dma_chan;
                tup->rx_dma_chan = NULL;
                tup->rx_dma_buf_phys = 0;
                tup->rx_dma_buf_virt = NULL;
        } else {
+               dmaengine_terminate_all(tup->tx_dma_chan);
+               dma_release_channel(tup->tx_dma_chan);
                dma_unmap_single(tup->uport.dev, tup->tx_dma_buf_phys,
                        UART_XMIT_SIZE, DMA_TO_DEVICE);
-               dma_chan = tup->tx_dma_chan;
                tup->tx_dma_chan = NULL;
                tup->tx_dma_buf_phys = 0;
                tup->tx_dma_buf_virt = NULL;
        }
-       dma_release_channel(dma_chan);
 }
 
 static int tegra_uart_startup(struct uart_port *u)
        tegra_uart_dma_channel_free(tup, true);
        tegra_uart_dma_channel_free(tup, false);
        free_irq(u->irq, tup);
-
-       tegra_uart_flush_buffer(u);
 }
 
 static void tegra_uart_enable_ms(struct uart_port *u)