diff --git a/drivers/serial/8250.c b/drivers/serial/8250.c
index 27f34a9f9cb750297ea6527ce5d181b47b0ca660..a97f1ae11f786c5c81205fac0e12db6d45537d55 100644
--- a/drivers/serial/8250.c
+++ b/drivers/serial/8250.c
@@ -1293,7 +1293,18 @@ receive_chars(struct uart_8250_port *up, unsigned int *status)
 	char flag;
 
 	do {
-		ch = serial_inp(up, UART_RX);
+		if (likely(lsr & UART_LSR_DR))
+			ch = serial_inp(up, UART_RX);
+		else
+			/*
+			 * Intel 82571 has a Serial Over Lan device that will
+			 * set UART_LSR_BI without setting UART_LSR_DR when
+			 * it receives a break. To avoid reading from the
+			 * receive buffer without UART_LSR_DR bit set, we
+			 * just force the read character to be 0
+			 */
+			ch = 0;
+
 		flag = TTY_NORMAL;
 		up->port.icount.rx++;
 
@@ -1342,7 +1353,7 @@ receive_chars(struct uart_8250_port *up, unsigned int *status)
 
 ignore_char:
 		lsr = serial_inp(up, UART_LSR);
-	} while ((lsr & UART_LSR_DR) && (max_count-- > 0));
+	} while ((lsr & (UART_LSR_DR | UART_LSR_BI)) && (max_count-- > 0));
 	spin_unlock(&up->port.lock);
 	tty_flip_buffer_push(tty);
 	spin_lock(&up->port.lock);
@@ -1425,7 +1436,7 @@ serial8250_handle_port(struct uart_8250_port *up)
 
 	DEBUG_INTR("status = %x...", status);
 
-	if (status & UART_LSR_DR)
+	if (status & (UART_LSR_DR | UART_LSR_BI))
 		receive_chars(up, &status);
 	check_modem_status(up);
 	if (status & UART_LSR_THRE)