diff --git a/arch/arm/configs/iop32x_defconfig b/arch/arm/configs/iop32x_defconfig
index 4f2ec3ac138e1e5727b8201e66121c46195b54c6..c3058da631da7624e4705b235275c200fc05b082 100644
--- a/arch/arm/configs/iop32x_defconfig
+++ b/arch/arm/configs/iop32x_defconfig
@@ -106,6 +106,7 @@ CONFIG_MAGIC_SYSRQ=y
 CONFIG_DEBUG_KERNEL=y
 CONFIG_DEBUG_USER=y
 CONFIG_DEBUG_LL=y
+CONFIG_DEBUG_LL_UART_8250=y
 CONFIG_KEYS=y
 CONFIG_KEYS_DEBUG_PROC_KEYS=y
 CONFIG_CRYPTO_NULL=y
diff --git a/arch/arm/configs/iop33x_defconfig b/arch/arm/configs/iop33x_defconfig
index aa36128abca243fce01fce039ad580b31ae2d5fb..713faeee8cf4f398497fc71c7e0d46443ca4656b 100644
--- a/arch/arm/configs/iop33x_defconfig
+++ b/arch/arm/configs/iop33x_defconfig
@@ -87,5 +87,6 @@ CONFIG_DEBUG_KERNEL=y
 # CONFIG_RCU_CPU_STALL_DETECTOR is not set
 CONFIG_DEBUG_USER=y
 CONFIG_DEBUG_LL=y
+CONFIG_DEBUG_LL_UART_8250=y
 # CONFIG_CRYPTO_ANSI_CPRNG is not set
 # CONFIG_CRC32 is not set
diff --git a/arch/arm/configs/ixp4xx_defconfig b/arch/arm/configs/ixp4xx_defconfig
index 1af665e847d1cc8898c86da183b54d165b22d3b1..24636cfdf6dfbb6ba229b36b6c12d695cdd169fb 100644
--- a/arch/arm/configs/ixp4xx_defconfig
+++ b/arch/arm/configs/ixp4xx_defconfig
@@ -202,3 +202,4 @@ CONFIG_MAGIC_SYSRQ=y
 CONFIG_DEBUG_KERNEL=y
 CONFIG_DEBUG_ERRORS=y
 CONFIG_DEBUG_LL=y
+CONFIG_DEBUG_LL_UART_8250=y
diff --git a/arch/arm/configs/lpc32xx_defconfig b/arch/arm/configs/lpc32xx_defconfig
index 9f56ca3985ae15bec0ed3700015f37285e3dc039..c100b7df544111f30166a7b7e2eb66b72b19fbf3 100644
--- a/arch/arm/configs/lpc32xx_defconfig
+++ b/arch/arm/configs/lpc32xx_defconfig
@@ -204,6 +204,7 @@ CONFIG_DEBUG_INFO=y
 # CONFIG_FTRACE is not set
 # CONFIG_ARM_UNWIND is not set
 CONFIG_DEBUG_LL=y
+CONFIG_DEBUG_LL_UART_8250=y
 CONFIG_EARLY_PRINTK=y
 CONFIG_CRYPTO_ANSI_CPRNG=y
 # CONFIG_CRYPTO_HW is not set
diff --git a/arch/arm/configs/mv78xx0_defconfig b/arch/arm/configs/mv78xx0_defconfig
index 0dae1c1f007a5f626e8bf486cf933308b678c9a5..85d10d2e3d660f0ebf1bd41518ea0dcff9b310b7 100644
--- a/arch/arm/configs/mv78xx0_defconfig
+++ b/arch/arm/configs/mv78xx0_defconfig
@@ -132,6 +132,7 @@ CONFIG_SYSCTL_SYSCALL_CHECK=y
 CONFIG_DEBUG_USER=y
 CONFIG_DEBUG_ERRORS=y
 CONFIG_DEBUG_LL=y
+CONFIG_DEBUG_LL_UART_8250=y
 CONFIG_CRYPTO_CBC=m
 CONFIG_CRYPTO_ECB=m
 CONFIG_CRYPTO_PCBC=m
diff --git a/arch/arm/configs/orion5x_defconfig b/arch/arm/configs/orion5x_defconfig
index 952430d9e2d9cbdc715a852374eba0533af0b71a..855143fac6bd426c4363f94775b464f9c72ee129 100644
--- a/arch/arm/configs/orion5x_defconfig
+++ b/arch/arm/configs/orion5x_defconfig
@@ -156,6 +156,7 @@ CONFIG_LATENCYTOP=y
 # CONFIG_FTRACE is not set
 CONFIG_DEBUG_USER=y
 CONFIG_DEBUG_LL=y
+CONFIG_DEBUG_LL_UART_8250=y
 CONFIG_CRYPTO_CBC=m
 CONFIG_CRYPTO_ECB=m
 CONFIG_CRYPTO_PCBC=m
diff --git a/arch/arm/configs/rpc_defconfig b/arch/arm/configs/rpc_defconfig
index 00515ef9782de64641690817fecd99a1e26a6a90..89631795a91523c7928132234b5bcc37f636f6dc 100644
--- a/arch/arm/configs/rpc_defconfig
+++ b/arch/arm/configs/rpc_defconfig
@@ -131,3 +131,4 @@ CONFIG_DEBUG_KERNEL=y
 CONFIG_DEBUG_USER=y
 CONFIG_DEBUG_ERRORS=y
 CONFIG_DEBUG_LL=y
+CONFIG_DEBUG_LL_UART_8250=y