diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/imx.c b/drivers/tty/serial/imx.c
index cf594ce7c54c..9a248eb11308 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/serial/imx.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/serial/imx.c
@@ -216,6 +216,7 @@ struct imx_port {
 	unsigned int		tx_bytes;
 	unsigned int		dma_tx_nents;
 	wait_queue_head_t	dma_wait;
+	unsigned int            saved_reg[10];
 };
 
 struct imx_port_ucrs {
@@ -1815,36 +1816,6 @@ static struct uart_driver imx_reg = {
 	.cons           = IMX_CONSOLE,
 };
 
-static int serial_imx_suspend(struct platform_device *dev, pm_message_t state)
-{
-	struct imx_port *sport = platform_get_drvdata(dev);
-	unsigned int val;
-
-	/* enable wakeup from i.MX UART */
-	val = readl(sport->port.membase + UCR3);
-	val |= UCR3_AWAKEN;
-	writel(val, sport->port.membase + UCR3);
-
-	uart_suspend_port(&imx_reg, &sport->port);
-
-	return 0;
-}
-
-static int serial_imx_resume(struct platform_device *dev)
-{
-	struct imx_port *sport = platform_get_drvdata(dev);
-	unsigned int val;
-
-	/* disable wakeup from i.MX UART */
-	val = readl(sport->port.membase + UCR3);
-	val &= ~UCR3_AWAKEN;
-	writel(val, sport->port.membase + UCR3);
-
-	uart_resume_port(&imx_reg, &sport->port);
-
-	return 0;
-}
-
 #ifdef CONFIG_OF
 /*
  * This function returns 1 iff pdev isn't a device instatiated by dt, 0 iff it
@@ -2009,16 +1980,107 @@ static int serial_imx_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	return uart_remove_one_port(&imx_reg, &sport->port);
 }
 
+static int imx_serial_port_suspend_noirq(struct device *dev)
+{
+	struct platform_device *pdev = to_platform_device(dev);
+	struct imx_port *sport = platform_get_drvdata(pdev);
+	int ret;
+
+	ret = clk_enable(sport->clk_ipg);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
+
+	/* Save necessary regs */
+	sport->saved_reg[0] = readl(sport->port.membase + UCR1);
+	sport->saved_reg[1] = readl(sport->port.membase + UCR2);
+	sport->saved_reg[2] = readl(sport->port.membase + UCR3);
+	sport->saved_reg[3] = readl(sport->port.membase + UCR4);
+	sport->saved_reg[4] = readl(sport->port.membase + UFCR);
+	sport->saved_reg[5] = readl(sport->port.membase + UESC);
+	sport->saved_reg[6] = readl(sport->port.membase + UTIM);
+	sport->saved_reg[7] = readl(sport->port.membase + UBIR);
+	sport->saved_reg[8] = readl(sport->port.membase + UBMR);
+	sport->saved_reg[9] = readl(sport->port.membase + IMX21_UTS);
+
+	clk_disable(sport->clk_ipg);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int imx_serial_port_resume_noirq(struct device *dev)
+{
+	struct platform_device *pdev = to_platform_device(dev);
+	struct imx_port *sport = platform_get_drvdata(pdev);
+	int ret;
+
+	ret = clk_enable(sport->clk_ipg);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
+
+	writel(sport->saved_reg[4], sport->port.membase + UFCR);
+	writel(sport->saved_reg[5], sport->port.membase + UESC);
+	writel(sport->saved_reg[6], sport->port.membase + UTIM);
+	writel(sport->saved_reg[7], sport->port.membase + UBIR);
+	writel(sport->saved_reg[8], sport->port.membase + UBMR);
+	writel(sport->saved_reg[9], sport->port.membase + IMX21_UTS);
+	writel(sport->saved_reg[0], sport->port.membase + UCR1);
+	writel(sport->saved_reg[1] | UCR2_SRST, sport->port.membase + UCR2);
+	writel(sport->saved_reg[2], sport->port.membase + UCR3);
+	writel(sport->saved_reg[3], sport->port.membase + UCR4);
+
+	clk_disable(sport->clk_ipg);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int imx_serial_port_suspend(struct device *dev)
+{
+	struct platform_device *pdev = to_platform_device(dev);
+	struct imx_port *sport = platform_get_drvdata(pdev);
+	unsigned int val;
+
+	/* enable wakeup from i.MX UART */
+	val = readl(sport->port.membase + UCR3);
+	val |= UCR3_AWAKEN;
+	writel(val, sport->port.membase + UCR3);
+
+	uart_suspend_port(&imx_reg, &sport->port);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int imx_serial_port_resume(struct device *dev)
+{
+	struct platform_device *pdev = to_platform_device(dev);
+	struct imx_port *sport = platform_get_drvdata(pdev);
+	unsigned int val;
+
+	/* disable wakeup from i.MX UART */
+	val = readl(sport->port.membase + UCR3);
+	val &= ~UCR3_AWAKEN;
+	writel(val, sport->port.membase + UCR3);
+
+	uart_resume_port(&imx_reg, &sport->port);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static const struct dev_pm_ops imx_serial_port_pm_ops = {
+	.suspend_noirq = imx_serial_port_suspend_noirq,
+	.resume_noirq = imx_serial_port_resume_noirq,
+	.suspend = imx_serial_port_suspend,
+	.resume = imx_serial_port_resume,
+};
+
 static struct platform_driver serial_imx_driver = {
 	.probe		= serial_imx_probe,
 	.remove		= serial_imx_remove,
 
-	.suspend	= serial_imx_suspend,
-	.resume		= serial_imx_resume,
 	.id_table	= imx_uart_devtype,
 	.driver		= {
 		.name	= "imx-uart",
 		.of_match_table = imx_uart_dt_ids,
+		.pm	= &imx_serial_port_pm_ops,
 	},
 };