diff --git a/arch/mips/include/asm/Kbuild b/arch/mips/include/asm/Kbuild
index 7c8aab23bce8da59f727ff8725250a8f0d385b12..b1f66699677dbaa31931e84f702c88ad0d2feb8f 100644
--- a/arch/mips/include/asm/Kbuild
+++ b/arch/mips/include/asm/Kbuild
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ generic-y += qrwlock.h
 generic-y += qspinlock.h
 generic-y += sections.h
 generic-y += segment.h
-generic-y += serial.h
 generic-y += trace_clock.h
 generic-y += unaligned.h
 generic-y += user.h
diff --git a/arch/mips/include/asm/serial.h b/arch/mips/include/asm/serial.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..1d830c6666c2731d008388d3b1e44951a94fa639
--- /dev/null
+++ b/arch/mips/include/asm/serial.h
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2017 MIPS Tech, LLC
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the
+ * Free Software Foundation;  either version 2 of the  License, or (at your
+ * option) any later version.
+ */
+#ifndef __ASM__SERIAL_H
+#define __ASM__SERIAL_H
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_MIPS_GENERIC
+/*
+ * Generic kernels cannot know a correct value for all platforms at
+ * compile time. Set it to 0 to prevent 8250_early using it
+ */
+#define BASE_BAUD 0
+#else
+#include <asm-generic/serial.h>
+#endif
+
+#endif /* __ASM__SERIAL_H */