diff --git a/common/serial.c b/common/serial.c
index a1bef16d323434860a7bbaef45c5a1362a2d80db..ad8898f151b256ece8730df1dec3db565c2099d4 100644
--- a/common/serial.c
+++ b/common/serial.c
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ serial_initfunc(pxa_serial_initialize);
 serial_initfunc(s3c24xx_serial_initialize);
 serial_initfunc(s5p_serial_initialize);
 serial_initfunc(zynq_serial_initalize);
+serial_initfunc(uartlite_serial_initialize);
 
 void serial_register(struct serial_device *dev)
 {
@@ -98,20 +99,7 @@ void serial_initialize(void)
 #if defined(CONFIG_SYS_BFIN_UART)
 	serial_register_bfin_uart();
 #endif
-#if defined(CONFIG_XILINX_UARTLITE)
-# ifdef XILINX_UARTLITE_BASEADDR
-	serial_register(&uartlite_serial0_device);
-# endif /* XILINX_UARTLITE_BASEADDR */
-# ifdef XILINX_UARTLITE_BASEADDR1
-	serial_register(&uartlite_serial1_device);
-# endif /* XILINX_UARTLITE_BASEADDR1 */
-# ifdef XILINX_UARTLITE_BASEADDR2
-	serial_register(&uartlite_serial2_device);
-# endif /* XILINX_UARTLITE_BASEADDR2 */
-# ifdef XILINX_UARTLITE_BASEADDR3
-	serial_register(&uartlite_serial3_device);
-# endif /* XILINX_UARTLITE_BASEADDR3 */
-#endif /* CONFIG_XILINX_UARTLITE */
+	uartlite_serial_initialize();
 	zynq_serial_initalize();
 	serial_assign(default_serial_console()->name);
 }
diff --git a/drivers/serial/serial_xuartlite.c b/drivers/serial/serial_xuartlite.c
index b3bb0669f6f5a139e0c81501fb79556b0c426ca2..164497e6162526a96d81d95c9371f40bb8b9440e 100644
--- a/drivers/serial/serial_xuartlite.c
+++ b/drivers/serial/serial_xuartlite.c
@@ -181,4 +181,20 @@ __weak struct serial_device *default_serial_console(void)
 
 	return NULL;
 }
+
+void uartlite_serial_initialize(void)
+{
+#ifdef XILINX_UARTLITE_BASEADDR
+	serial_register(&uartlite_serial0_device);
+#endif /* XILINX_UARTLITE_BASEADDR */
+#ifdef XILINX_UARTLITE_BASEADDR1
+	serial_register(&uartlite_serial1_device);
+#endif /* XILINX_UARTLITE_BASEADDR1 */
+#ifdef XILINX_UARTLITE_BASEADDR2
+	serial_register(&uartlite_serial2_device);
+#endif /* XILINX_UARTLITE_BASEADDR2 */
+#ifdef XILINX_UARTLITE_BASEADDR3
+	serial_register(&uartlite_serial3_device);
+#endif /* XILINX_UARTLITE_BASEADDR3 */
+}
 #endif /* CONFIG_SERIAL_MULTI */
diff --git a/include/serial.h b/include/serial.h
index 773eace2ec1b42a265126e9dad0c14ecd72f2ab5..51a044da5e197c6caa90604f411bdd27e32f2f59 100644
--- a/include/serial.h
+++ b/include/serial.h
@@ -50,13 +50,6 @@ extern struct serial_device serial4_device;
 extern struct serial_device serial6_device;
 #endif
 
-#if defined(CONFIG_XILINX_UARTLITE)
-extern struct serial_device uartlite_serial0_device;
-extern struct serial_device uartlite_serial1_device;
-extern struct serial_device uartlite_serial2_device;
-extern struct serial_device uartlite_serial3_device;
-#endif
-
 #if defined(CONFIG_OMAP3_ZOOM2)
 extern struct serial_device zoom2_serial_device0;
 extern struct serial_device zoom2_serial_device1;