status = FIFO_TO_SM(serial_in(sport, PNX8XXX_FIFO)) |
                 ISTAT_TO_SM(serial_in(sport, PNX8XXX_ISTAT));
        while (status & FIFO_TO_SM(PNX8XXX_UART_FIFO_RXFIFO)) {
-               ch = serial_in(sport, PNX8XXX_FIFO);
+               ch = serial_in(sport, PNX8XXX_FIFO) & 0xff;
 
                sport->port.icount.rx++;
 
                 * out of the main execution path
                 */
                if (status & (FIFO_TO_SM(PNX8XXX_UART_FIFO_RXFE |
-                                       PNX8XXX_UART_FIFO_RXPAR) |
+                                       PNX8XXX_UART_FIFO_RXPAR |
+                                       PNX8XXX_UART_FIFO_RXBRK) |
                              ISTAT_TO_SM(PNX8XXX_UART_INT_RXOVRN))) {
-                       if (status & FIFO_TO_SM(PNX8XXX_UART_FIFO_RXPAR))
+                       if (status & FIFO_TO_SM(PNX8XXX_UART_FIFO_RXBRK)) {
+                               status &= ~(FIFO_TO_SM(PNX8XXX_UART_FIFO_RXFE) |
+                                       FIFO_TO_SM(PNX8XXX_UART_FIFO_RXPAR));
+                               sport->port.icount.brk++;
+                               if (uart_handle_break(&sport->port))
+                                       goto ignore_char;
+                       } else if (status & FIFO_TO_SM(PNX8XXX_UART_FIFO_RXPAR))
                                sport->port.icount.parity++;
                        else if (status & FIFO_TO_SM(PNX8XXX_UART_FIFO_RXFE))
                                sport->port.icount.frame++;
        /* Get the interrupts */
        status  = serial_in(sport, PNX8XXX_ISTAT) & serial_in(sport, PNX8XXX_IEN);
 
-       /* Break signal received */
-       if (status & PNX8XXX_UART_INT_BREAK) {
-               sport->port.icount.brk++;
-               uart_handle_break(&sport->port);
-       }
-
-       /* Byte received */
-       if (status & PNX8XXX_UART_INT_RX)
+       /* Byte or break signal received */
+       if (status & (PNX8XXX_UART_INT_RX | PNX8XXX_UART_INT_BREAK))
                pnx8xxx_rx_chars(sport);
 
        /* TX holding register empty - transmit a byte */