diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/msm_serial_hs.c b/drivers/tty/serial/msm_serial_hs.c
index f0d5c96ac2e0..cc616d678d42 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/serial/msm_serial_hs.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/serial/msm_serial_hs.c
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
  * MSM 7k High speed uart driver
  *
  * Copyright (c) 2008 Google Inc.
- * Copyright (c) 2007-2016, The Linux Foundation. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2007-2017, The Linux Foundation. All rights reserved.
  * Modified: Nick Pelly <npelly@google.com>
  *
  * All source code in this file is licensed under the following license
@@ -1436,13 +1436,13 @@ static void msm_hs_submit_tx_locked(struct uart_port *uport)
 	hex_dump_ipc(msm_uport, tx->ipc_tx_ctxt, "Tx",
 			&tx_buf->buf[tx_buf->tail], (u64)src_addr, tx_count);
 	sps_pipe_handle = tx->cons.pipe_handle;
-	/* Queue transfer request to SPS */
-	ret = sps_transfer_one(sps_pipe_handle, src_addr, tx_count,
-				msm_uport, flags);
 
 	/* Set 1 second timeout */
 	mod_timer(&tx->tx_timeout_timer,
 		jiffies + msecs_to_jiffies(MSEC_PER_SEC));
+	/* Queue transfer request to SPS */
+	ret = sps_transfer_one(sps_pipe_handle, src_addr, tx_count,
+				msm_uport, flags);
 
 	MSM_HS_DBG("%s:Enqueue Tx Cmd, ret %d\n", __func__, ret);
 }