diff --git a/arch/arm/boot/dts/armada-370-xp.dtsi b/arch/arm/boot/dts/armada-370-xp.dtsi
index cf6c48a09eacf36e84b4caf4b83be0c35d0b22e8..4c0abe85405fe533ba0cedd41c95d4b9de4b4dc7 100644
--- a/arch/arm/boot/dts/armada-370-xp.dtsi
+++ b/arch/arm/boot/dts/armada-370-xp.dtsi
@@ -50,17 +50,19 @@
 		ranges;
 
 		serial@d0012000 {
-				compatible = "ns16550";
+				compatible = "snps,dw-apb-uart";
 				reg = <0xd0012000 0x100>;
 				reg-shift = <2>;
 				interrupts = <41>;
+				reg-io-width = <4>;
 				status = "disabled";
 		};
 		serial@d0012100 {
-				compatible = "ns16550";
+				compatible = "snps,dw-apb-uart";
 				reg = <0xd0012100 0x100>;
 				reg-shift = <2>;
 				interrupts = <42>;
+				reg-io-width = <4>;
 				status = "disabled";
 		};
 
diff --git a/arch/arm/boot/dts/armada-xp.dtsi b/arch/arm/boot/dts/armada-xp.dtsi
index 367aa3f94912ac9d78a35d22321c64667af406cf..8a85ffe77f030214d29af7ce7221dd88d9e0fc9c 100644
--- a/arch/arm/boot/dts/armada-xp.dtsi
+++ b/arch/arm/boot/dts/armada-xp.dtsi
@@ -42,17 +42,19 @@
 
 	soc {
 		serial@d0012200 {
-				compatible = "ns16550";
+				compatible = "snps,dw-apb-uart";
 				reg = <0xd0012200 0x100>;
 				reg-shift = <2>;
 				interrupts = <43>;
+				reg-io-width = <4>;
 				status = "disabled";
 		};
 		serial@d0012300 {
-				compatible = "ns16550";
+				compatible = "snps,dw-apb-uart";
 				reg = <0xd0012300 0x100>;
 				reg-shift = <2>;
 				interrupts = <44>;
+				reg-io-width = <4>;
 				status = "disabled";
 		};
 
diff --git a/arch/arm/configs/mvebu_defconfig b/arch/arm/configs/mvebu_defconfig
index a702fb345c01e5693d82f22d0eeb5fc2d7c88b2a..b5bc96cb65a79d87c2f65814e9cc4fecd69e4df1 100644
--- a/arch/arm/configs/mvebu_defconfig
+++ b/arch/arm/configs/mvebu_defconfig
@@ -33,9 +33,7 @@ CONFIG_MVNETA=y
 CONFIG_MARVELL_PHY=y
 CONFIG_SERIAL_8250=y
 CONFIG_SERIAL_8250_CONSOLE=y
-CONFIG_SERIAL_OF_PLATFORM=y
-CONFIG_I2C=y
-CONFIG_I2C_MV64XXX=y
+CONFIG_SERIAL_8250_DW=y
 CONFIG_GPIOLIB=y
 CONFIG_GPIO_SYSFS=y
 # CONFIG_USB_SUPPORT is not set