diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/fsl_lpuart.c b/drivers/tty/serial/fsl_lpuart.c
index 27fdc131c352..c31b8f3db6bf 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/serial/fsl_lpuart.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/serial/fsl_lpuart.c
@@ -264,6 +264,7 @@ struct lpuart_port {
 	int			rx_dma_rng_buf_len;
 	unsigned int		dma_tx_nents;
 	wait_queue_head_t	dma_wait;
+	bool			id_allocated;
 };
 
 struct lpuart_soc_data {
@@ -2422,19 +2423,6 @@ static int lpuart_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	if (!sport)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
-	ret = of_alias_get_id(np, "serial");
-	if (ret < 0) {
-		ret = ida_simple_get(&fsl_lpuart_ida, 0, UART_NR, GFP_KERNEL);
-		if (ret < 0) {
-			dev_err(&pdev->dev, "port line is full, add device failed\n");
-			return ret;
-		}
-	}
-	if (ret >= ARRAY_SIZE(lpuart_ports)) {
-		dev_err(&pdev->dev, "serial%d out of range\n", ret);
-		return -EINVAL;
-	}
-	sport->port.line = ret;
 	res = platform_get_resource(pdev, IORESOURCE_MEM, 0);
 	sport->port.membase = devm_ioremap_resource(&pdev->dev, res);
 	if (IS_ERR(sport->port.membase))
@@ -2479,9 +2467,25 @@ static int lpuart_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 		}
 	}
 
+	ret = of_alias_get_id(np, "serial");
+	if (ret < 0) {
+		ret = ida_simple_get(&fsl_lpuart_ida, 0, UART_NR, GFP_KERNEL);
+		if (ret < 0) {
+			dev_err(&pdev->dev, "port line is full, add device failed\n");
+			return ret;
+		}
+		sport->id_allocated = true;
+	}
+	if (ret >= ARRAY_SIZE(lpuart_ports)) {
+		dev_err(&pdev->dev, "serial%d out of range\n", ret);
+		ret = -EINVAL;
+		goto failed_out_of_range;
+	}
+	sport->port.line = ret;
+
 	ret = lpuart_enable_clks(sport);
 	if (ret)
-		return ret;
+		goto failed_clock_enable;
 	sport->port.uartclk = lpuart_get_baud_clk_rate(sport);
 
 	lpuart_ports[sport->port.line] = sport;
@@ -2531,6 +2535,10 @@ static int lpuart_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 failed_attach_port:
 failed_irq_request:
 	lpuart_disable_clks(sport);
+failed_clock_enable:
+failed_out_of_range:
+	if (sport->id_allocated)
+		ida_simple_remove(&fsl_lpuart_ida, sport->port.line);
 	return ret;
 }
 
@@ -2540,7 +2548,8 @@ static int lpuart_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
 
 	uart_remove_one_port(&lpuart_reg, &sport->port);
 
-	ida_simple_remove(&fsl_lpuart_ida, sport->port.line);
+	if (sport->id_allocated)
+		ida_simple_remove(&fsl_lpuart_ida, sport->port.line);
 
 	lpuart_disable_clks(sport);