diff --git a/drivers/tty/Kconfig b/drivers/tty/Kconfig
index cc2b4d9433ed2ccf85406de35f53f69a58404973..b811442c5ce67249305a0b3e9292016bb1a4a719 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/tty/Kconfig
@@ -394,10 +394,14 @@ config GOLDFISH_TTY
 	depends on GOLDFISH
 	select SERIAL_CORE
 	select SERIAL_CORE_CONSOLE
-	select SERIAL_EARLYCON
 	help
 	  Console and system TTY driver for the Goldfish virtual platform.
 
+config GOLDFISH_TTY_EARLY_CONSOLE
+	bool
+	default y if GOLDFISH_TTY=y
+	select SERIAL_EARLYCON
+
 config DA_TTY
 	bool "DA TTY"
 	depends on METAG_DA
diff --git a/drivers/tty/goldfish.c b/drivers/tty/goldfish.c
index 7f657bb5113c8ff3500e4fdf3613c4a4e8ac3898..1c1bd0afcd489e5eef35d6c4b32a8d018e1cc25c 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/goldfish.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/goldfish.c
@@ -433,6 +433,7 @@ static int goldfish_tty_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_GOLDFISH_TTY_EARLY_CONSOLE
 static void gf_early_console_putchar(struct uart_port *port, int ch)
 {
 	__raw_writel(ch, port->membase);
@@ -456,6 +457,7 @@ static int __init gf_earlycon_setup(struct earlycon_device *device,
 }
 
 OF_EARLYCON_DECLARE(early_gf_tty, "google,goldfish-tty", gf_earlycon_setup);
+#endif
 
 static const struct of_device_id goldfish_tty_of_match[] = {
 	{ .compatible = "google,goldfish-tty", },