diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/imx.c b/drivers/tty/serial/imx.c
index 5952b25c288e01355ab6f4d622796e8a9cbdb98b..49f664f72870bbc0f0b27b188dce209b9e2dd21a 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/serial/imx.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/serial/imx.c
@@ -1540,7 +1540,7 @@ static int serial_imx_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	ret = uart_add_one_port(&imx_reg, &sport->port);
 	if (ret)
 		goto deinit;
-	platform_set_drvdata(pdev, &sport->port);
+	platform_set_drvdata(pdev, sport);
 
 	return 0;
 deinit: