diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_of.c b/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_of.c
index 877fd7f8a8ed14e708ec952afbf49790d6a4d09b..98125de2f0a6c615351db1525f84c03393f745d4 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_of.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_of.c
@@ -130,6 +130,10 @@ static int of_platform_serial_setup(struct platform_device *ofdev,
 		port->flags |= UPF_IOREMAP;
 	}
 
+	/* Compatibility with the deprecated pxa driver and 8250_pxa drivers. */
+	if (of_device_is_compatible(np, "mrvl,mmp-uart"))
+		port->regshift = 2;
+
 	/* Check for registers offset within the devices address range */
 	if (of_property_read_u32(np, "reg-shift", &prop) == 0)
 		port->regshift = prop;