diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/apbuart.c b/drivers/tty/serial/apbuart.c
index 12d4e7ca53ca..19a943693e4c 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/serial/apbuart.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/serial/apbuart.c
@@ -598,24 +598,12 @@ static struct platform_driver grlib_apbuart_of_driver = {
 
 static int grlib_apbuart_configure(void)
 {
-	struct device_node *np, *rp;
-	const u32 *prop;
-	int freq_khz, line = 0;
-
-	/* Get bus frequency */
-	rp = of_find_node_by_path("/");
-	if (!rp)
-		return -ENODEV;
-	rp = of_get_next_child(rp, NULL);
-	if (!rp)
-		return -ENODEV;
-	prop = of_get_property(rp, "clock-frequency", NULL);
-	if (!prop)
-		return -ENODEV;
-	freq_khz = *prop;
+	struct device_node *np;
+	int line = 0;
 
 	for_each_matching_node(np, apbuart_match) {
 		const int *ampopts;
+		const u32 *freq_hz;
 		const struct amba_prom_registers *regs;
 		struct uart_port *port;
 		unsigned long addr;
@@ -624,8 +612,10 @@ static int grlib_apbuart_configure(void)
 		if (ampopts && (*ampopts == 0))
 			continue; /* Ignore if used by another OS instance */
 		regs = of_get_property(np, "reg", NULL);
+		/* Frequency of APB Bus is frequency of UART */
+		freq_hz = of_get_property(np, "freq", NULL);
 
-		if (!regs)
+		if (!regs || !freq_hz || (*freq_hz == 0))
 			continue;
 
 		grlib_apbuart_nodes[line] = np;
@@ -641,7 +631,7 @@ static int grlib_apbuart_configure(void)
 		port->ops = &grlib_apbuart_ops;
 		port->flags = UPF_BOOT_AUTOCONF;
 		port->line = line;
-		port->uartclk = freq_khz * 1000;
+		port->uartclk = *freq_hz;
 		port->fifosize = apbuart_scan_fifo_size((struct uart_port *) port, line);
 		line++;