diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/sh-sci.c b/drivers/tty/serial/sh-sci.c
index b85a9d425f7e..e64d59888ecd 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/serial/sh-sci.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/serial/sh-sci.c
@@ -166,6 +166,7 @@ static struct sci_port sci_ports[SCI_NPORTS];
 static unsigned long sci_ports_in_use;
 static struct uart_driver sci_uart_driver;
 static bool sci_uart_earlycon;
+static bool sci_uart_earlycon_dev_probing;
 
 static inline struct sci_port *
 to_sci_port(struct uart_port *uart)
@@ -3386,7 +3387,8 @@ static struct plat_sci_port *sci_parse_dt(struct platform_device *pdev,
 static int sci_probe_single(struct platform_device *dev,
 				      unsigned int index,
 				      struct plat_sci_port *p,
-				      struct sci_port *sciport)
+				      struct sci_port *sciport,
+				      struct resource *sci_res)
 {
 	int ret;
 
@@ -3433,6 +3435,14 @@ static int sci_probe_single(struct platform_device *dev,
 		sciport->port.flags |= UPF_HARD_FLOW;
 	}
 
+	if (sci_uart_earlycon && sci_ports[0].port.mapbase == sci_res->start) {
+		/*
+		 * Skip cleanup the sci_port[0] in early_console_exit(), this
+		 * port is the same as the earlycon one.
+		 */
+		sci_uart_earlycon_dev_probing = true;
+	}
+
 	return uart_add_one_port(&sci_uart_driver, &sciport->port);
 }
 
@@ -3491,7 +3501,7 @@ static int sci_probe(struct platform_device *dev)
 
 	platform_set_drvdata(dev, sp);
 
-	ret = sci_probe_single(dev, dev_id, p, sp);
+	ret = sci_probe_single(dev, dev_id, p, sp, res);
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
 
@@ -3574,6 +3584,22 @@ sh_early_platform_init_buffer("earlyprintk", &sci_driver,
 #ifdef CONFIG_SERIAL_SH_SCI_EARLYCON
 static struct plat_sci_port port_cfg;
 
+static int early_console_exit(struct console *co)
+{
+	struct sci_port *sci_port = &sci_ports[0];
+
+	/*
+	 * Clean the slot used by earlycon. A new SCI device might
+	 * map to this slot.
+	 */
+	if (!sci_uart_earlycon_dev_probing) {
+		memset(sci_port, 0, sizeof(*sci_port));
+		sci_uart_earlycon = false;
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
 static int __init early_console_setup(struct earlycon_device *device,
 				      int type)
 {
@@ -3591,6 +3617,8 @@ static int __init early_console_setup(struct earlycon_device *device,
 		       SCSCR_RE | SCSCR_TE | port_cfg.scscr);
 
 	device->con->write = serial_console_write;
+	device->con->exit = early_console_exit;
+
 	return 0;
 }
 static int __init sci_early_console_setup(struct earlycon_device *device,