diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_of.c b/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_of.c
index 0b077b45d6a9..bce28729dd7b 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_of.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/serial/8250/8250_of.c
@@ -192,6 +192,10 @@ static int of_platform_serial_probe(struct platform_device *ofdev)
 	u32 tx_threshold;
 	int ret;
 
+	if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_SERIAL_8250_BCM7271) &&
+	    of_device_is_compatible(ofdev->dev.of_node, "brcm,bcm7271-uart"))
+		return -ENODEV;
+
 	port_type = (unsigned long)of_device_get_match_data(&ofdev->dev);
 	if (port_type == PORT_UNKNOWN)
 		return -EINVAL;