diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-davinci/da850_lowlevel.c b/arch/arm/mach-davinci/da850_lowlevel.c
index 95dc93a..8ceb177 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-davinci/da850_lowlevel.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-davinci/da850_lowlevel.c
@@ -288,10 +288,10 @@ int arch_cpu_init(void)
 	/* GPIO setup */
 	board_gpio_init();
 
-
+#if !defined(CONFIG_DM_SERIAL)
 	NS16550_init((NS16550_t)(CONFIG_SYS_NS16550_COM1),
 			CONFIG_SYS_NS16550_CLK / 16 / CONFIG_BAUDRATE);
-
+#endif
 	/*
 	 * Fix Power and Emulation Management Register
 	 * see sprufw3a.pdf page 37 Table 24
diff --git a/configs/da850evm_direct_nor_defconfig b/configs/da850evm_direct_nor_defconfig
index 4039d0e..1423a17 100644
--- a/configs/da850evm_direct_nor_defconfig
+++ b/configs/da850evm_direct_nor_defconfig
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ CONFIG_DA850_LOWLEVEL=y
 CONFIG_TI_COMMON_CMD_OPTIONS=y
 CONFIG_NR_DRAM_BANKS=1
 # CONFIG_SYS_MALLOC_F is not set
+CONFIG_DEFAULT_DEVICE_TREE="da850-evm"
 CONFIG_SYS_EXTRA_OPTIONS="USE_NOR,DIRECT_NOR_BOOT"
 CONFIG_BOOTDELAY=3
 CONFIG_USE_BOOTARGS=y
@@ -50,6 +51,8 @@ CONFIG_SPI_FLASH_STMICRO=y
 CONFIG_SPI_FLASH_WINBOND=y
 CONFIG_MII=y
 CONFIG_DRIVER_TI_EMAC=y
+CONFIG_SPECIFY_CONSOLE_INDEX=y
+CONFIG_DM_SERIAL=y
 CONFIG_SYS_NS16550=y
 CONFIG_SPI=y
 CONFIG_DM_SPI=y