diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/imx.c b/drivers/tty/serial/imx.c
index a0ebbc9ce5cdbacc69cc8c240f8d9fd76e43ec12..65d9b2f4882b7f1e1c02691f18d37c4efcb4664d 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/serial/imx.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/serial/imx.c
@@ -1913,7 +1913,8 @@ static int serial_imx_probe_dt(struct imx_port *sport,
 	sport->devdata = of_id->data;
 
 	if (of_device_is_stdout_path(np))
-		add_preferred_console(imx_reg.cons->name, sport->port.line, 0);
+		add_preferred_console(imx_reg.cons->name, sport->port.line,
+				      NULL);
 
 	return 0;
 }