diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-omap2/omap_hwmod.c b/arch/arm/mach-omap2/omap_hwmod.c
index fca22f7ac0e3b19b0c7ebc1dd39a852792cce9ab..2d554a48eb617433d8e7cc8d5058f1a7a11b6e5d 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-omap2/omap_hwmod.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-omap2/omap_hwmod.c
@@ -3492,6 +3492,12 @@ static void __init omap_hwmod_setup_earlycon_flags(void)
 			if (np) {
 				uart = of_get_property(np, "ti,hwmods", NULL);
 				oh = omap_hwmod_lookup(uart);
+				if (!oh) {
+					uart = of_get_property(np->parent,
+							       "ti,hwmods",
+							       NULL);
+					oh = omap_hwmod_lookup(uart);
+				}
 				if (oh)
 					oh->flags |= DEBUG_OMAPUART_FLAGS;
 			}