diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/xilinx_uartps.c b/drivers/tty/serial/xilinx_uartps.c
index da4563aaaf5c9db19d379d075bb0d95e785c5966..4e55bc327a54758e8f9252e5a8ef188274ae05af 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/serial/xilinx_uartps.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/serial/xilinx_uartps.c
@@ -1550,7 +1550,6 @@ static int cdns_uart_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 		goto err_out_id;
 	}
 
-	uartps_major = cdns_uart_uart_driver->tty_driver->major;
 	cdns_uart_data->cdns_uart_driver = cdns_uart_uart_driver;
 
 	/*
@@ -1680,6 +1679,7 @@ static int cdns_uart_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 		console_port = NULL;
 #endif
 
+	uartps_major = cdns_uart_uart_driver->tty_driver->major;
 	cdns_uart_data->cts_override = of_property_read_bool(pdev->dev.of_node,
 							     "cts-override");
 	return 0;
@@ -1741,6 +1741,12 @@ static int cdns_uart_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
 		console_port = NULL;
 #endif
 
+	/* If this is last instance major number should be initialized */
+	mutex_lock(&bitmap_lock);
+	if (bitmap_empty(bitmap, MAX_UART_INSTANCES))
+		uartps_major = 0;
+	mutex_unlock(&bitmap_lock);
+
 	uart_unregister_driver(cdns_uart_data->cdns_uart_driver);
 	return rc;
 }