diff --git a/Documentation/powerpc/booting-without-of.txt b/Documentation/powerpc/booting-without-of.txt
index 4cc780024e6c81b02cb3ccc6720655da85e33064..cf89e8cfd5bfe1ce59632dad01f374a78c9d6c88 100644
--- a/Documentation/powerpc/booting-without-of.txt
+++ b/Documentation/powerpc/booting-without-of.txt
@@ -2601,6 +2601,17 @@ platforms are moved over to use the flattened-device-tree model.
                       differ between different families.  May be
                       'virtex2p', 'virtex4', or 'virtex5'.
 
+      vi) Xilinx Uart 16550
+
+      Xilinx UART 16550 devices are very similar to the NS16550 but with
+      different register spacing and an offset from the base address.
+
+      Requred properties:
+       - clock-frequency : Frequency of the clock input
+       - reg-offset : A value of 3 is required
+       - reg-shift : A value of 2 is required
+
+
     p) Freescale Synchronous Serial Interface
 
        The SSI is a serial device that communicates with audio codecs.  It can
diff --git a/drivers/serial/of_serial.c b/drivers/serial/of_serial.c
index 8aacfb78deabe03e08ca8d8b4df0e6235eff35ee..25029c7570b65428c4b29f9e2f26c97fff5bc41b 100644
--- a/drivers/serial/of_serial.c
+++ b/drivers/serial/of_serial.c
@@ -31,7 +31,8 @@ static int __devinit of_platform_serial_setup(struct of_device *ofdev,
 	struct resource resource;
 	struct device_node *np = ofdev->node;
 	const unsigned int *clk, *spd;
-	int ret;
+	const u32 *prop;
+	int ret, prop_size;
 
 	memset(port, 0, sizeof *port);
 	spd = of_get_property(np, "current-speed", NULL);
@@ -49,6 +50,17 @@ static int __devinit of_platform_serial_setup(struct of_device *ofdev,
 
 	spin_lock_init(&port->lock);
 	port->mapbase = resource.start;
+
+	/* Check for shifted address mapping */
+	prop = of_get_property(np, "reg-offset", &prop_size);
+	if (prop && (prop_size == sizeof(u32)))
+		port->mapbase += *prop;
+
+	/* Check for registers offset within the devices address range */
+	prop = of_get_property(np, "reg-shift", &prop_size);
+	if (prop && (prop_size == sizeof(u32)))
+		port->regshift = *prop;
+
 	port->irq = irq_of_parse_and_map(np, 0);
 	port->iotype = UPIO_MEM;
 	port->type = type;