diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/uartlite.c b/drivers/tty/serial/uartlite.c
index dfc1ba4e1572..d3d9566e5dbd 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/serial/uartlite.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/serial/uartlite.c
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 
 #include <linux/platform_device.h>
 #include <linux/module.h>
+#include <linux/bitfield.h>
 #include <linux/console.h>
 #include <linux/serial.h>
 #include <linux/serial_core.h>
@@ -63,9 +64,18 @@
 static struct uart_port *console_port;
 #endif
 
+/**
+ * struct uartlite_data: Driver private data
+ * reg_ops: Functions to read/write registers
+ * clk: Our parent clock, if present
+ * baud: The baud rate configured when this device was synthesized
+ * cflags: The cflags for parity and data bits
+ */
 struct uartlite_data {
 	const struct uartlite_reg_ops *reg_ops;
 	struct clk *clk;
+	unsigned int baud;
+	tcflag_t cflags;
 };
 
 struct uartlite_reg_ops {
@@ -119,6 +129,8 @@ static inline void uart_out32(u32 val, u32 offset, struct uart_port *port)
 
 static struct uart_port ulite_ports[ULITE_NR_UARTS];
 
+static struct uart_driver ulite_uart_driver;
+
 /* ---------------------------------------------------------------------
  * Core UART driver operations
  */
@@ -306,7 +318,12 @@ static void ulite_set_termios(struct uart_port *port, struct ktermios *termios,
 			      struct ktermios *old)
 {
 	unsigned long flags;
-	unsigned int baud;
+	struct uartlite_data *pdata = port->private_data;
+
+	/* Set termios to what the hardware supports */
+	termios->c_cflag &= ~(BRKINT | CSTOPB | PARENB | PARODD | CSIZE);
+	termios->c_cflag |= pdata->cflags & (PARENB | PARODD | CSIZE);
+	tty_termios_encode_baud_rate(termios, pdata->baud, pdata->baud);
 
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&port->lock, flags);
 
@@ -329,8 +346,7 @@ static void ulite_set_termios(struct uart_port *port, struct ktermios *termios,
 			| ULITE_STATUS_FRAME | ULITE_STATUS_OVERRUN;
 
 	/* update timeout */
-	baud = uart_get_baud_rate(port, termios, old, 0, 460800);
-	uart_update_timeout(port, termios->c_cflag, baud);
+	uart_update_timeout(port, termios->c_cflag, pdata->baud);
 
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&port->lock, flags);
 }
@@ -532,8 +548,6 @@ static int ulite_console_setup(struct console *co, char *options)
 	return uart_set_options(port, co, baud, parity, bits, flow);
 }
 
-static struct uart_driver ulite_uart_driver;
-
 static struct console ulite_console = {
 	.name	= ULITE_NAME,
 	.write	= ulite_console_write,
@@ -765,18 +779,73 @@ static int ulite_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	struct uartlite_data *pdata;
 	int irq, ret;
 	int id = pdev->id;
-#ifdef CONFIG_OF
-	const __be32 *prop;
 
-	prop = of_get_property(pdev->dev.of_node, "port-number", NULL);
-	if (prop)
-		id = be32_to_cpup(prop);
-#endif
 	pdata = devm_kzalloc(&pdev->dev, sizeof(struct uartlite_data),
 			     GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!pdata)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
+	if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_OF)) {
+		const char *prop;
+		struct device_node *np = pdev->dev.of_node;
+		u32 val = 0;
+
+		prop = "port-number";
+		ret = of_property_read_u32(np, prop, &id);
+		if (ret && ret != -EINVAL)
+of_err:
+			return dev_err_probe(&pdev->dev, ret,
+					     "could not read %s\n", prop);
+
+		prop = "current-speed";
+		ret = of_property_read_u32(np, prop, &pdata->baud);
+		if (ret)
+			goto of_err;
+
+		prop = "xlnx,use-parity";
+		ret = of_property_read_u32(np, prop, &val);
+		if (ret && ret != -EINVAL)
+			goto of_err;
+
+		if (val) {
+			prop = "xlnx,odd-parity";
+			ret = of_property_read_u32(np, prop, &val);
+			if (ret)
+				goto of_err;
+
+			if (val)
+				pdata->cflags |= PARODD;
+			pdata->cflags |= PARENB;
+		}
+
+		val = 8;
+		prop = "xlnx,data-bits";
+		ret = of_property_read_u32(np, prop, &val);
+		if (ret && ret != -EINVAL)
+			goto of_err;
+
+		switch (val) {
+		case 5:
+			pdata->cflags |= CS5;
+			break;
+		case 6:
+			pdata->cflags |= CS6;
+			break;
+		case 7:
+			pdata->cflags |= CS7;
+			break;
+		case 8:
+			pdata->cflags |= CS8;
+			break;
+		default:
+			return dev_err_probe(&pdev->dev, -EINVAL,
+					     "bad data bits %d\n", val);
+		}
+	} else {
+		pdata->baud = 9600;
+		pdata->cflags = CS8;
+	}
+
 	res = platform_get_resource(pdev, IORESOURCE_MEM, 0);
 	if (!res)
 		return -ENODEV;