diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/serial_mctrl_gpio.c b/drivers/tty/serial/serial_mctrl_gpio.c
index 1c06325beacaeb3a6e19011385fcc379ef16ce8e..07f318603e7401c1b0420fc937a1f66f08afc448 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/serial/serial_mctrl_gpio.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/serial/serial_mctrl_gpio.c
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 #include <linux/termios.h>
 #include <linux/serial_core.h>
 #include <linux/module.h>
+#include <linux/property.h>
 
 #include "serial_mctrl_gpio.h"
 
@@ -115,6 +116,19 @@ struct mctrl_gpios *mctrl_gpio_init_noauto(struct device *dev, unsigned int idx)
 
 	for (i = 0; i < UART_GPIO_MAX; i++) {
 		enum gpiod_flags flags;
+		char *gpio_str;
+		bool present;
+
+		/* Check if GPIO property exists and continue if not */
+		gpio_str = kasprintf(GFP_KERNEL, "%s-gpios",
+				     mctrl_gpios_desc[i].name);
+		if (!gpio_str)
+			continue;
+
+		present = device_property_present(dev, gpio_str);
+		kfree(gpio_str);
+		if (!present)
+			continue;
 
 		if (mctrl_gpios_desc[i].dir_out)
 			flags = GPIOD_OUT_LOW;