diff --git a/common/stdio.c b/common/stdio.c
index a7d016b..4d30017 100644
--- a/common/stdio.c
+++ b/common/stdio.c
@@ -151,9 +151,10 @@ static int stdio_probe_device(const char *name, enum uclass_id id,
 	*sdevp = NULL;
 	seq = trailing_strtoln(name, NULL);
 	if (seq == -1)
+		seq = 0;
+	ret = uclass_get_device_by_seq(id, seq, &dev);
+	if (ret == -ENODEV)
 		ret = uclass_first_device_err(id, &dev);
-	else
-		ret = uclass_get_device_by_seq(id, seq, &dev);
 	if (ret) {
 		debug("No %s device for seq %d (%s)\n", uclass_get_name(id),
 		      seq, name);