diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/xilinx_uartps.c b/drivers/tty/serial/xilinx_uartps.c
index ffeb3376e978338f4e33d24a6a0df76c15ea66b7..3e68d630261439b6ba89a35175f5beaac73d9d22 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/serial/xilinx_uartps.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/serial/xilinx_uartps.c
@@ -1097,8 +1097,6 @@ static const struct uart_ops cdns_uart_ops = {
 #endif
 };
 
-static struct uart_port cdns_uart_port[CDNS_UART_NR_PORTS];
-
 #ifdef CONFIG_SERIAL_XILINX_PS_UART_CONSOLE
 /**
  * cdns_uart_console_wait_tx - Wait for the TX to be full
@@ -1436,6 +1434,9 @@ static int cdns_uart_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 			GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!cdns_uart_data)
 		return -ENOMEM;
+	port = devm_kzalloc(&pdev->dev, sizeof(*port), GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!port)
+		return -ENOMEM;
 
 	match = of_match_node(cdns_uart_of_match, pdev->dev.of_node);
 	if (match && match->data) {
@@ -1501,16 +1502,7 @@ static int cdns_uart_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	if (id < 0)
 		id = 0;
 
-	/* Try the given port id if failed use default method */
-	if (id < CDNS_UART_NR_PORTS && cdns_uart_port[id].mapbase != 0) {
-		/* Find the next unused port */
-		for (id = 0; id < CDNS_UART_NR_PORTS; id++)
-			if (cdns_uart_port[id].mapbase == 0)
-				break;
-	}
-
-	port = &cdns_uart_port[id];
-	if (!port || id >= CDNS_UART_NR_PORTS) {
+	if (id >= CDNS_UART_NR_PORTS) {
 		dev_err(&pdev->dev, "Cannot get uart_port structure\n");
 		rc = -ENODEV;
 		goto err_out_notif_unreg;