diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-davinci/include/mach/serial.h b/arch/arm/mach-davinci/include/mach/serial.h
index a584697a9e70c5033b9cfc83ff9205e2826051e9..f6c4f34909a2ab3a93ea0b2ad77be1a730d29d57 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-davinci/include/mach/serial.h
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-davinci/include/mach/serial.h
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@
 
 #include <mach/hardware.h>
 
-#define DAVINCI_MAX_NR_UARTS	3
 #define DAVINCI_UART0_BASE	(IO_PHYS + 0x20000)
 #define DAVINCI_UART1_BASE	(IO_PHYS + 0x20400)
 #define DAVINCI_UART2_BASE	(IO_PHYS + 0x20800)
diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-davinci/serial.c b/arch/arm/mach-davinci/serial.c
index 7ce5ba0865753ccec8de904f1d1951661b25d676..709e1a90ec2a8c87e703738bfd923db67fa88b69 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-davinci/serial.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-davinci/serial.c
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ int __init davinci_serial_init(struct davinci_uart_config *info)
 	 * Make sure the serial ports are muxed on at this point.
 	 * You have to mux them off in device drivers later on if not needed.
 	 */
-	for (i = 0; i < DAVINCI_MAX_NR_UARTS; i++, p++) {
+	for (i = 0; p->flags; i++, p++) {
 		if (!(info->enabled_uarts & (1 << i)))
 			continue;