diff --git a/esp-hal/CHANGELOG.md b/esp-hal/CHANGELOG.md
index 145bb8788d..88f3704e65 100644
--- a/esp-hal/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/esp-hal/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -97,6 +97,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 - `spi::master::Spi::{into_async, into_blocking}` are now correctly available on the typed driver, to. (#2674)
 - It is no longer possible to safely conjure `GpioPin` instances (#2688)
 - UART: Public API follows `C-WORD_ORDER` Rust API standard (`VerbObject` order) (#2851)
+- `LpUart::new()` was setting `tx_idle_num` to 0 twice (#2860)
 
 ### Removed
 
diff --git a/esp-hal/src/uart.rs b/esp-hal/src/uart.rs
index 0091cdf22b..e35c14a39c 100644
--- a/esp-hal/src/uart.rs
+++ b/esp-hal/src/uart.rs
@@ -2077,10 +2077,7 @@ pub mod lp_uart {
                 w.bit_num().bits(0x3);
                 w.stop_bit_num().bits(0x1)
             });
-            // Set tx idle
-            me.uart
-                .idle_conf()
-                .modify(|_, w| unsafe { w.tx_idle_num().bits(0) });
+
             // Disable hw-flow control
             me.uart
                 .hwfc_conf()