diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/imx.c b/drivers/tty/serial/imx.c
index a5f32c7c6c66c..2c13155bb3bc0 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/serial/imx.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/serial/imx.c
@@ -1912,6 +1912,9 @@ 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