diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/imx.c b/drivers/tty/serial/imx.c
index 016e4be05cec3e60141f0497dd643d9ad0c7ee98..76818f53f0ae6bec8ccf0c2d315126efe4351ba8 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/serial/imx.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/serial/imx.c
@@ -1857,11 +1857,10 @@ static int serial_imx_probe_dt(struct imx_port *sport,
 		struct platform_device *pdev)
 {
 	struct device_node *np = pdev->dev.of_node;
-	const struct of_device_id *of_id =
-			of_match_device(imx_uart_dt_ids, &pdev->dev);
 	int ret;
 
-	if (!np)
+	sport->devdata = of_device_get_match_data(&pdev->dev);
+	if (!sport->devdata)
 		/* no device tree device */
 		return 1;
 
@@ -1878,8 +1877,6 @@ static int serial_imx_probe_dt(struct imx_port *sport,
 	if (of_get_property(np, "fsl,dte-mode", NULL))
 		sport->dte_mode = 1;
 
-	sport->devdata = of_id->data;
-
 	return 0;
 }
 #else