diff --git a/arch/mn10300/kernel/mn10300-serial-low.S b/arch/mn10300/kernel/mn10300-serial-low.S
index 2244853..66702d2 100644
--- a/arch/mn10300/kernel/mn10300-serial-low.S
+++ b/arch/mn10300/kernel/mn10300-serial-low.S
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@
 	or	d2,d2
 	bne	mnsc_vdma_tx_xchar
 
-	mov	(__tx_info_buffer,a3),a2 # get the uart_info struct for Tx
+	mov	(__uart_state,a3),a2	# see if the TTY Tx queue has anything in it
 	mov	(__xmit_tail,a2),d3
 	mov	(__xmit_head,a2),d2
 	cmp	d3,d2