diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/Kconfig b/drivers/tty/serial/Kconfig
index 1044fc3876914a0d50847bae629a5a0c3de8bc04..28f22e58639c6c18c17c1a0f9af03da40b600b41 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/serial/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/tty/serial/Kconfig
@@ -522,6 +522,7 @@ config SERIAL_IMX_EARLYCON
 	depends on OF
 	select SERIAL_EARLYCON
 	select SERIAL_CORE_CONSOLE
+	default y if SERIAL_IMX_CONSOLE
 	help
 	  If you have enabled the earlycon on the Freescale IMX
 	  CPU you can make it the earlycon by answering Y to this option.