diff --git a/arch/arm/plat-omap/include/plat/uncompress.h b/arch/arm/plat-omap/include/plat/uncompress.h
index bbedd71943f6..ddf723be48dc 100644
--- a/arch/arm/plat-omap/include/plat/uncompress.h
+++ b/arch/arm/plat-omap/include/plat/uncompress.h
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@
 
 #include <plat/serial.h>
 
+#define MDR1_MODE_MASK			0x07
+
 static volatile u8 *uart_base;
 static int uart_shift;
 
@@ -42,6 +44,10 @@ static void putc(int c)
 	if (!uart_base)
 		return;
 
+	/* Check for UART 16x mode */
+	if ((uart_base[UART_OMAP_MDR1 << uart_shift] & MDR1_MODE_MASK) != 0)
+		return;
+
 	while (!(uart_base[UART_LSR << uart_shift] & UART_LSR_THRE))
 		barrier();
 	uart_base[UART_TX << uart_shift] = c;