diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/xilinx_uartps.c b/drivers/tty/serial/xilinx_uartps.c
index b858fb14833d..4e3fefa70b56 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/serial/xilinx_uartps.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/serial/xilinx_uartps.c
@@ -26,13 +26,13 @@
 
 #define CDNS_UART_TTY_NAME	"ttyPS"
 #define CDNS_UART_NAME		"xuartps"
+#define CDNS_UART_MAJOR		0	/* use dynamic node allocation */
 #define CDNS_UART_FIFO_SIZE	64	/* FIFO size */
 #define CDNS_UART_REGISTER_SPACE	0x1000
 #define TX_TIMEOUT		500000
 
 /* Rx Trigger level */
 static int rx_trigger_level = 56;
-static int uartps_major;
 module_param(rx_trigger_level, uint, 0444);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(rx_trigger_level, "Rx trigger level, 1-63 bytes");
 
@@ -1535,7 +1535,7 @@ static int cdns_uart_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	cdns_uart_uart_driver->owner = THIS_MODULE;
 	cdns_uart_uart_driver->driver_name = driver_name;
 	cdns_uart_uart_driver->dev_name	= CDNS_UART_TTY_NAME;
-	cdns_uart_uart_driver->major = uartps_major;
+	cdns_uart_uart_driver->major = CDNS_UART_MAJOR;
 	cdns_uart_uart_driver->minor = cdns_uart_data->id;
 	cdns_uart_uart_driver->nr = 1;
 
@@ -1564,7 +1564,6 @@ static int cdns_uart_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 		goto err_out_id;
 	}
 
-	uartps_major = cdns_uart_uart_driver->tty_driver->major;
 	cdns_uart_data->cdns_uart_driver = cdns_uart_uart_driver;
 
 	/*