diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/imx.c b/drivers/tty/serial/imx.c
index a0ebbc9ce5cdb..042aa077b5b3e 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/serial/imx.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/serial/imx.c
@@ -1912,9 +1912,6 @@ 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);
-
 	return 0;
 }
 #else
diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/vt8500_serial.c b/drivers/tty/serial/vt8500_serial.c
index 93b697a0de658..15ad6fcda88b3 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/serial/vt8500_serial.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/serial/vt8500_serial.c
@@ -561,12 +561,13 @@ static int vt8500_serial_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	if (!mmres || !irqres)
 		return -ENODEV;
 
-	if (np)
+	if (np) {
 		port = of_alias_get_id(np, "serial");
 		if (port >= VT8500_MAX_PORTS)
 			port = -1;
-	else
+	} else {
 		port = -1;
+	}
 
 	if (port < 0) {
 		/* calculate the port id */