diff --git a/drivers/tty/serdev/serdev-ttyport.c b/drivers/tty/serdev/serdev-ttyport.c
index 3d828e2d891c..67bb0a0b730e 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/serdev/serdev-ttyport.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/serdev/serdev-ttyport.c
@@ -279,11 +279,6 @@ struct device *serdev_tty_port_register(struct tty_port *port,
 	if (!port || !drv || !parent)
 		return ERR_PTR(-ENODEV);
 
-	if (port->console) {
-		/* can't convert tty's that are already in use */
-		return ERR_PTR(-ENODEV);
-	}
-
 	ctrl = serdev_controller_alloc(parent, sizeof(struct serport));
 	if (!ctrl)
 		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);