diff --git a/arch/powerpc/Kconfig b/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
index deea4c8e1f4ef4858b58e08fe6f4b29f2996c2ed..4f4071a7bdfbf24da548eade7be61390797fedc9 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
@@ -419,6 +419,7 @@ config PPC_IBM_CELL_BLADE
 	select PPC_RTAS
 	select MMIO_NVRAM
 	select PPC_UDBG_16550
+	select UDBG_RTAS_CONSOLE
 
 config UDBG_RTAS_CONSOLE
 	bool
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/setup.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/setup.c
index 2436eaab701dd3352fd55568229da0e8500f91b2..00d112f92272fcda65c20adece8499b68e6bb318 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/setup.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/setup.c
@@ -141,6 +141,10 @@ static int __init cell_probe(void)
 	    !of_flat_dt_is_compatible(root, "IBM,CPBW-1.0"))
 		return 0;
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_UDBG_RTAS_CONSOLE
+	udbg_init_rtas_console();
+#endif
+
 	hpte_init_native();
 
 	return 1;