diff --git a/drivers/serial/serial-uclass.c b/drivers/serial/serial-uclass.c
index 632933f5cc3729bc49ae7fe4abb6c758f042fdff..cd5324cfa3b398b4fe3d6ccf4d8984d900777d56 100644
--- a/drivers/serial/serial-uclass.c
+++ b/drivers/serial/serial-uclass.c
@@ -163,10 +163,12 @@ void serial_stdio_init(void)
 {
 }
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_DM_STDIO
 static void serial_stub_putc(struct stdio_dev *sdev, const char ch)
 {
 	_serial_putc(sdev->priv, ch);
 }
+#endif
 
 void serial_stub_puts(struct stdio_dev *sdev, const char *str)
 {
@@ -246,9 +248,11 @@ U_BOOT_ENV_CALLBACK(baudrate, on_baudrate);
 
 static int serial_post_probe(struct udevice *dev)
 {
-	struct stdio_dev sdev;
 	struct dm_serial_ops *ops = serial_get_ops(dev);
+#ifdef CONFIG_DM_STDIO
 	struct serial_dev_priv *upriv = dev->uclass_priv;
+	struct stdio_dev sdev;
+#endif
 	int ret;
 
 	/* Set the baud rate */
@@ -258,9 +262,9 @@ static int serial_post_probe(struct udevice *dev)
 			return ret;
 	}
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_DM_STDIO
 	if (!(gd->flags & GD_FLG_RELOC))
 		return 0;
-
 	memset(&sdev, '\0', sizeof(sdev));
 
 	strncpy(sdev.name, dev->name, sizeof(sdev.name));
@@ -271,7 +275,7 @@ static int serial_post_probe(struct udevice *dev)
 	sdev.getc = serial_stub_getc;
 	sdev.tstc = serial_stub_tstc;
 	stdio_register_dev(&sdev, &upriv->sdev);
-
+#endif
 	return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/include/config_defaults.h b/include/config_defaults.h
index 985f055ccefb0651f857a7b3cbf080f25ef990c3..f1b225d670effc103d617013a6b624dedad9fdaf 100644
--- a/include/config_defaults.h
+++ b/include/config_defaults.h
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 
 #ifndef CONFIG_SPL_BUILD
 #define CONFIG_DM_DEVICE_REMOVE
+#define CONFIG_DM_STDIO
 #endif
 
 #endif