diff --git a/os/hal/platforms/LPC8xx/serial_lld.c b/os/hal/platforms/LPC8xx/serial_lld.c
index e5937bae8..d1d273621 100644
--- a/os/hal/platforms/LPC8xx/serial_lld.c
+++ b/os/hal/platforms/LPC8xx/serial_lld.c
@@ -131,7 +131,9 @@ static void serve_interrupt(SerialDriver *sdp) {
     
     if (u->INTSTAT & (STAT_OVERRUN | STAT_DELTARXBRK |
                       STAT_FRAMERR | STAT_PARITYERR) ) {
-      set_error(sdp, u->STAT);
+      IOREG32 stat = u->STAT;
+      set_error(sdp, stat);
+      u->STAT = stat;
     }
 
   }