diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/omap-serial.c b/drivers/tty/serial/omap-serial.c
index 9b6fc54967f2..72bb690829af 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/serial/omap-serial.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/serial/omap-serial.c
@@ -1414,8 +1414,10 @@ static int serial_omap_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	struct omap_uart_port_info *omap_up_info = pdev->dev.platform_data;
 	int ret;
 
-	if (pdev->dev.of_node)
+	if (pdev->dev.of_node) {
 		omap_up_info = of_get_uart_port_info(&pdev->dev);
+		pdev->dev.platform_data = omap_up_info;
+	}
 
 	mem = platform_get_resource(pdev, IORESOURCE_MEM, 0);
 	if (!mem) {