diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/xilinx_uartps.c b/drivers/tty/serial/xilinx_uartps.c
index 9db3cd120057..58f0fa07ecdb 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/serial/xilinx_uartps.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/serial/xilinx_uartps.c
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 #define CDNS_UART_TTY_NAME	"ttyPS"
 #define CDNS_UART_NAME		"xuartps"
 #define CDNS_UART_MAJOR		0	/* use dynamic node allocation */
+#define CDNS_UART_NR_PORTS	16
 #define CDNS_UART_FIFO_SIZE	64	/* FIFO size */
 #define CDNS_UART_REGISTER_SPACE	0x1000
 #define TX_TIMEOUT		500000
@@ -1403,90 +1404,6 @@ static const struct of_device_id cdns_uart_of_match[] = {
 };
 MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE(of, cdns_uart_of_match);
 
-/*
- * Maximum number of instances without alias IDs but if there is alias
- * which target "< MAX_UART_INSTANCES" range this ID can't be used.
- */
-#define MAX_UART_INSTANCES	32
-
-/* Stores static aliases list */
-static DECLARE_BITMAP(alias_bitmap, MAX_UART_INSTANCES);
-static int alias_bitmap_initialized;
-
-/* Stores actual bitmap of allocated IDs with alias IDs together */
-static DECLARE_BITMAP(bitmap, MAX_UART_INSTANCES);
-/* Protect bitmap operations to have unique IDs */
-static DEFINE_MUTEX(bitmap_lock);
-
-static int cdns_get_id(struct platform_device *pdev)
-{
-	int id, ret;
-
-	mutex_lock(&bitmap_lock);
-
-	/* Alias list is stable that's why get alias bitmap only once */
-	if (!alias_bitmap_initialized) {
-		ret = of_alias_get_alias_list(cdns_uart_of_match, "serial",
-					      alias_bitmap, MAX_UART_INSTANCES);
-		if (ret && ret != -EOVERFLOW) {
-			mutex_unlock(&bitmap_lock);
-			return ret;
-		}
-
-		alias_bitmap_initialized++;
-	}
-
-	/* Make sure that alias ID is not taken by instance without alias */
-	bitmap_or(bitmap, bitmap, alias_bitmap, MAX_UART_INSTANCES);
-
-	dev_dbg(&pdev->dev, "Alias bitmap: %*pb\n",
-		MAX_UART_INSTANCES, bitmap);
-
-	/* Look for a serialN alias */
-	id = of_alias_get_id(pdev->dev.of_node, "serial");
-	if (id < 0) {
-		dev_warn(&pdev->dev,
-			 "No serial alias passed. Using the first free id\n");
-
-		/*
-		 * Start with id 0 and check if there is no serial0 alias
-		 * which points to device which is compatible with this driver.
-		 * If alias exists then try next free position.
-		 */
-		id = 0;
-
-		for (;;) {
-			dev_info(&pdev->dev, "Checking id %d\n", id);
-			id = find_next_zero_bit(bitmap, MAX_UART_INSTANCES, id);
-
-			/* No free empty instance */
-			if (id == MAX_UART_INSTANCES) {
-				dev_err(&pdev->dev, "No free ID\n");
-				mutex_unlock(&bitmap_lock);
-				return -EINVAL;
-			}
-
-			dev_dbg(&pdev->dev, "The empty id is %d\n", id);
-			/* Check if ID is empty */
-			if (!test_and_set_bit(id, bitmap)) {
-				/* Break the loop if bit is taken */
-				dev_dbg(&pdev->dev,
-					"Selected ID %d allocation passed\n",
-					id);
-				break;
-			}
-			dev_dbg(&pdev->dev,
-				"Selected ID %d allocation failed\n", id);
-			/* if taking bit fails then try next one */
-			id++;
-		}
-	}
-
-	mutex_unlock(&bitmap_lock);
-
-	return id;
-}
-
 /**
  * cdns_uart_probe - Platform driver probe
  * @pdev: Pointer to the platform device structure
@@ -1520,17 +1437,21 @@ static int cdns_uart_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	if (!cdns_uart_uart_driver)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
-	cdns_uart_data->id = cdns_get_id(pdev);
+	/* Look for a serialN alias */
+	cdns_uart_data->id = of_alias_get_id(pdev->dev.of_node, "serial");
 	if (cdns_uart_data->id < 0)
-		return cdns_uart_data->id;
+		cdns_uart_data->id = 0;
+
+	if (cdns_uart_data->id >= CDNS_UART_NR_PORTS) {
+		dev_err(&pdev->dev, "Cannot get uart_port structure\n");
+		return -ENODEV;
+	}
 
 	/* There is a need to use unique driver name */
 	driver_name = devm_kasprintf(&pdev->dev, GFP_KERNEL, "%s%d",
 				     CDNS_UART_NAME, cdns_uart_data->id);
-	if (!driver_name) {
-		rc = -ENOMEM;
-		goto err_out_id;
-	}
+	if (!driver_name)
+		return -ENOMEM;
 
 	cdns_uart_uart_driver->owner = THIS_MODULE;
 	cdns_uart_uart_driver->driver_name = driver_name;
@@ -1559,7 +1480,7 @@ static int cdns_uart_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	rc = uart_register_driver(cdns_uart_uart_driver);
 	if (rc < 0) {
 		dev_err(&pdev->dev, "Failed to register driver\n");
-		goto err_out_id;
+		return rc;
 	}
 
 	cdns_uart_data->cdns_uart_driver = cdns_uart_uart_driver;
@@ -1710,10 +1631,7 @@ err_out_clk_dis_pclk:
 	clk_disable_unprepare(cdns_uart_data->pclk);
 err_out_unregister_driver:
 	uart_unregister_driver(cdns_uart_data->cdns_uart_driver);
-err_out_id:
-	mutex_lock(&bitmap_lock);
-	clear_bit(cdns_uart_data->id, bitmap);
-	mutex_unlock(&bitmap_lock);
+
 	return rc;
 }
 
@@ -1736,9 +1654,6 @@ static int cdns_uart_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
 #endif
 	rc = uart_remove_one_port(cdns_uart_data->cdns_uart_driver, port);
 	port->mapbase = 0;
-	mutex_lock(&bitmap_lock);
-	clear_bit(cdns_uart_data->id, bitmap);
-	mutex_unlock(&bitmap_lock);
 	clk_disable_unprepare(cdns_uart_data->uartclk);
 	clk_disable_unprepare(cdns_uart_data->pclk);
 	pm_runtime_disable(&pdev->dev);