diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/imx.c b/drivers/tty/serial/imx.c
index 78f809759ed7..415cec62073f 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/serial/imx.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/serial/imx.c
@@ -901,8 +901,10 @@ static void imx_shutdown(struct uart_port *port)
 	writel(temp, sport->port.membase + UCR1);
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&sport->port.lock, flags);
 
-	clk_disable_unprepare(sport->clk_per);
-	clk_disable_unprepare(sport->clk_ipg);
+	if (!uart_console(&sport->port)) {
+		clk_disable_unprepare(sport->clk_per);
+		clk_disable_unprepare(sport->clk_ipg);
+	}
 }
 
 static void