diff --git a/include/asm-arm/arch-s3c2410/debug-macro.S b/include/asm-arm/arch-s3c2410/debug-macro.S
index c37d3474179baf8a8c681e2778c144112560f21f..9c8cd9abb82ba6bac45b3609be47f949d4f3148f 100644
--- a/include/asm-arm/arch-s3c2410/debug-macro.S
+++ b/include/asm-arm/arch-s3c2410/debug-macro.S
@@ -58,6 +58,12 @@
 /* fifo level reading */
 
 	.macro fifo_level_s3c24xx rd, rx
+		@ check for arm920 vs arm926. currently assume all arm926
+		@ devices have an 64 byte FIFO identical to the s3c2440
+		mrc	p15, 0, \rd, c0, c0
+		and	\rd, \rd, #0xff0
+		teq	\rd, #0x260
+		beq	10000f
 		mrc	p15, 0, \rd, c1, c0
 		tst	\rd, #1
 		addeq	\rd, \rx, #(S3C24XX_PA_GPIO - S3C24XX_PA_UART)
@@ -67,6 +73,7 @@
 		and	\rd, \rd, #0x00ff0000
 		teq	\rd, #0x00440000		@ is it 2440?
 
+10000:
 		ldr	\rd, [ \rx, # S3C2410_UFSTAT ]
 		andne	\rd, \rd, #S3C2410_UFSTAT_TXMASK
 		andeq	\rd, \rd, #S3C2440_UFSTAT_TXMASK