diff --git a/arch/arm/boot/dts/omap3.dtsi b/arch/arm/boot/dts/omap3.dtsi
index d202bb5ec7efe3912cc9ea285bde04479741e4ef..216c3317461d6dc6310571cd070ac7d952a38033 100644
--- a/arch/arm/boot/dts/omap3.dtsi
+++ b/arch/arm/boot/dts/omap3.dtsi
@@ -13,6 +13,13 @@
 / {
 	compatible = "ti,omap3430", "ti,omap3";
 
+	aliases {
+		serial0 = &uart1;
+		serial1 = &uart2;
+		serial2 = &uart3;
+		serial3 = &uart4;
+	};
+
 	cpus {
 		cpu@0 {
 			compatible = "arm,cortex-a8";
@@ -59,5 +66,29 @@
 			interrupt-controller;
 			#interrupt-cells = <1>;
 		};
+
+		uart1: serial@0x4806a000 {
+			compatible = "ti,omap3-uart";
+			ti,hwmods = "uart1";
+			clock-frequency = <48000000>;
+		};
+
+		uart2: serial@0x4806c000 {
+			compatible = "ti,omap3-uart";
+			ti,hwmods = "uart2";
+			clock-frequency = <48000000>;
+		};
+
+		uart3: serial@0x49020000 {
+			compatible = "ti,omap3-uart";
+			ti,hwmods = "uart3";
+			clock-frequency = <48000000>;
+		};
+
+		uart4: serial@0x49042000 {
+			compatible = "ti,omap3-uart";
+			ti,hwmods = "uart4";
+			clock-frequency = <48000000>;
+		};
 	};
 };
diff --git a/arch/arm/boot/dts/omap4.dtsi b/arch/arm/boot/dts/omap4.dtsi
index 4c61c829043ab4a38f26f791ad998e67a48d5b5d..e8fe75fac7c5e727f135721c1183feef0c89d2b1 100644
--- a/arch/arm/boot/dts/omap4.dtsi
+++ b/arch/arm/boot/dts/omap4.dtsi
@@ -21,6 +21,10 @@
 	interrupt-parent = <&gic>;
 
 	aliases {
+		serial0 = &uart1;
+		serial1 = &uart2;
+		serial2 = &uart3;
+		serial3 = &uart4;
 	};
 
 	cpus {
@@ -99,5 +103,29 @@
 			reg = <0x48241000 0x1000>,
 			      <0x48240100 0x0100>;
 		};
+
+		uart1: serial@0x4806a000 {
+			compatible = "ti,omap4-uart";
+			ti,hwmods = "uart1";
+			clock-frequency = <48000000>;
+		};
+
+		uart2: serial@0x4806c000 {
+			compatible = "ti,omap4-uart";
+			ti,hwmods = "uart2";
+			clock-frequency = <48000000>;
+		};
+
+		uart3: serial@0x48020000 {
+			compatible = "ti,omap4-uart";
+			ti,hwmods = "uart3";
+			clock-frequency = <48000000>;
+		};
+
+		uart4: serial@0x4806e000 {
+			compatible = "ti,omap4-uart";
+			ti,hwmods = "uart4";
+			clock-frequency = <48000000>;
+		};
 	};
 };
diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-omap2/board-generic.c b/arch/arm/mach-omap2/board-generic.c
index 63b54163b99365d32fcdaf3b489ca276b94c4d2f..a508ed5cc890786209f713bf20465cd30dddcd7e 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-omap2/board-generic.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-omap2/board-generic.c
@@ -69,7 +69,6 @@ static void __init omap_generic_init(void)
 	if (node)
 		irq_domain_add_simple(node, 0);
 
-	omap_serial_init();
 	omap_sdrc_init(NULL, NULL);
 
 	of_platform_populate(NULL, omap_dt_match_table, NULL, NULL);