diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/fsl_lpuart.c b/drivers/tty/serial/fsl_lpuart.c
index 63dff6184459cdd9261fe1a0f9520e8af932da6c..04fecff2fa5fca2fd95659609b49f5f4dc768010 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/serial/fsl_lpuart.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/serial/fsl_lpuart.c
@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@
 
 #define DRIVER_NAME	"fsl-lpuart"
 #define DEV_NAME	"ttyLP"
-#define UART_NR		6
+#define UART_NR		8
 
 /* IMX lpuart has four extra unused regs located at the beginning */
 #define IMX_REG_OFF	0x10