diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/xilinx_uartps.c b/drivers/tty/serial/xilinx_uartps.c
index 12d6033df144..dff39b424662 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/serial/xilinx_uartps.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/serial/xilinx_uartps.c
@@ -1416,6 +1416,16 @@ static int cdns_uart_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	if (!port)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
+	/* Look for a serialN alias */
+	id = of_alias_get_id(pdev->dev.of_node, "serial");
+	if (id < 0)
+		id = 0;
+
+	if (id >= CDNS_UART_NR_PORTS) {
+		dev_err(&pdev->dev, "Cannot get uart_port structure\n");
+		return -ENODEV;
+	}
+
 	cdns_uart_data->cdns_uart_driver = &cdns_uart_uart_driver;
 
 	match = of_match_node(cdns_uart_of_match, pdev->dev.of_node);
@@ -1477,16 +1487,6 @@ static int cdns_uart_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 				&cdns_uart_data->clk_rate_change_nb))
 		dev_warn(&pdev->dev, "Unable to register clock notifier.\n");
 #endif
-	/* Look for a serialN alias */
-	id = of_alias_get_id(pdev->dev.of_node, "serial");
-	if (id < 0)
-		id = 0;
-
-	if (id >= CDNS_UART_NR_PORTS) {
-		dev_err(&pdev->dev, "Cannot get uart_port structure\n");
-		rc = -ENODEV;
-		goto err_out_notif_unreg;
-	}
 
 	/* At this point, we've got an empty uart_port struct, initialize it */
 	spin_lock_init(&port->lock);
@@ -1545,7 +1545,6 @@ err_out_pm_disable:
 	pm_runtime_disable(&pdev->dev);
 	pm_runtime_set_suspended(&pdev->dev);
 	pm_runtime_dont_use_autosuspend(&pdev->dev);
-err_out_notif_unreg:
 #ifdef CONFIG_COMMON_CLK
 	clk_notifier_unregister(cdns_uart_data->uartclk,
 			&cdns_uart_data->clk_rate_change_nb);