diff --git a/plat/qti/msm8916/aarch64/uartdm_console.S b/plat/qti/msm8916/aarch64/uartdm_console.S
index e142179..6c65daf 100644
--- a/plat/qti/msm8916/aarch64/uartdm_console.S
+++ b/plat/qti/msm8916/aarch64/uartdm_console.S
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2021-2022, Stephan Gerhold <stephan@gerhold.net>
+ * Copyright (c) 2021-2023, Stephan Gerhold <stephan@gerhold.net>
  *
  * Based on aarch64/skeleton_console.S:
  * Copyright (c) 2015-2020, ARM Limited and Contributors. All rights reserved.
@@ -65,7 +65,21 @@
 	 * -----------------------------------------------------------
 	 */
 func console_uartdm_core_init
-	/* Reset receiver */
+	/*
+	 * Try to flush remaining characters from the TX FIFO before resetting
+	 * the transmitter. Unfortunately there is no good way to check if
+	 * the transmitter is actually enabled (and will finish eventually),
+	 * so use a timeout to avoid looping forever.
+	 */
+	mov	w2, #65536
+1:
+	ldr	w3, [x1, #UART_DM_SR]
+	tbnz	w3, #UART_DM_SR_TXEMT_BIT, 2f
+	subs	w2, w2, #1
+	b.ne	1b
+	/* Timeout */
+
+2:	/* Reset receiver */
 	mov	w3, #UART_DM_CR_RESET_RX
 	str	w3, [x1, #UART_DM_CR]