/* emulated UARTs (Lucent Venus 167x) need two steps */
                        serial_outp(up, UART_FCR, UART_FCR_ENABLE_FIFO);
                }
+
+               /* Note that we need to set ECB to access write water mark
+                * bits. First allow FCR tx fifo write, then set fcr with
+                * possible TX fifo settings. */
+               if (uart_config[up->port.type].flags & UART_CAP_EFR) {
+                       serial_outp(up, UART_LCR, 0xbf);        /* Access EFR */
+                       serial_outp(up, UART_EFR, UART_EFR_ECB);
+                       serial_outp(up, UART_LCR, 0x0);         /* Access FCR */
+                       serial_outp(up, UART_FCR, fcr);
+                       serial_outp(up, UART_LCR, 0xbf);        /* Access EFR */
+                       serial_outp(up, UART_EFR, 0);
+                       serial_outp(up, UART_LCR, cval);        /* Access FCR */
+        } else
                serial_outp(up, UART_FCR, fcr);         /* set fcr */
        }
        serial8250_set_mctrl(&up->port, up->port.mctrl);