diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-msm/include/mach/debug-macro.S b/arch/arm/mach-msm/include/mach/debug-macro.S
index 3ffd8668c9a5..0e05f88abcd5 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-msm/include/mach/debug-macro.S
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-msm/include/mach/debug-macro.S
@@ -30,8 +30,7 @@
 	@ Write the 1 character to UARTDM_TF
 	str	\rd, [\rx, #0x70]
 #else
-	teq	\rx, #0
-	strne	\rd, [\rx, #0x0C]
+	str	\rd, [\rx, #0x0C]
 #endif
 	.endm