diff --git a/src/main/telemetry/hott.c b/src/main/telemetry/hott.c
index 1580e80da..0142e3b53 100644
--- a/src/main/telemetry/hott.c
+++ b/src/main/telemetry/hott.c
@@ -423,16 +423,19 @@ static void hottCheckSerialData(uint32_t currentMicros)
     }
 }
 
+static void workAroundForHottTelemetryOnUsart(serialPort_t *instance, portMode_t mode) {
+	closeSerialPort(hottPort);
+	hottPort = openSerialPort(instance->identifier, FUNCTION_TELEMETRY_HOTT, NULL, HOTT_BAUDRATE, mode, SERIAL_NOT_INVERTED);
+}
+
 static void hottSendTelemetryData(void) {
     if (!hottIsSending) {
         hottIsSending = true;
         // FIXME temorary workaround for HoTT not working on Hardware serial ports due to hardware/softserial serial port initialisation differences
-        if ((portConfig->identifier == SERIAL_PORT_SOFTSERIAL1) || (portConfig->identifier == SERIAL_PORT_SOFTSERIAL2))
-		    serialSetMode(hottPort, MODE_TX);
-        else {
-        	closeSerialPort(hottPort);
-        	hottPort = openSerialPort(portConfig->identifier, FUNCTION_TELEMETRY_HOTT, NULL, HOTT_BAUDRATE, MODE_TX, SERIAL_NOT_INVERTED);
-        }
+        if ((portConfig->identifier == SERIAL_PORT_USART1) || (portConfig->identifier == SERIAL_PORT_USART2) || (portConfig->identifier == SERIAL_PORT_USART3))
+        	workAroundForHottTelemetryOnUsart(hottPort, MODE_TX);
+        else
+        	serialSetMode(hottPort, MODE_TX);
         hottMsgCrc = 0;
         return;
     }
@@ -440,14 +443,11 @@ static void hottSendTelemetryData(void) {
     if (hottMsgRemainingBytesToSendCount == 0) {
         hottMsg = NULL;
         hottIsSending = false;
-
         // FIXME temorary workaround for HoTT not working on Hardware serial ports due to hardware/softserial serial port initialisation differences
-        if ((portConfig->identifier == SERIAL_PORT_SOFTSERIAL1) || (portConfig->identifier == SERIAL_PORT_SOFTSERIAL2))
-            serialSetMode(hottPort, MODE_RX);
-        else {
-            closeSerialPort(hottPort);
-            hottPort = openSerialPort(portConfig->identifier, FUNCTION_TELEMETRY_HOTT, NULL, HOTT_BAUDRATE, MODE_RX, SERIAL_NOT_INVERTED);
-        }
+        if ((portConfig->identifier == SERIAL_PORT_USART1) || (portConfig->identifier == SERIAL_PORT_USART2) || (portConfig->identifier == SERIAL_PORT_USART3))
+        	workAroundForHottTelemetryOnUsart(hottPort, MODE_RX);
+        else
+        	serialSetMode(hottPort, MODE_RX);
         flushHottRxBuffer();
         return;
     }