1 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/altera_uart.c b/drivers/tty/serial/altera_uart.c
index 721216292a50..dee7a0eb6ea1 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/serial/altera_uart.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/serial/altera_uart.c
@@ -561,9 +561,15 @@ static int __devinit altera_uart_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 
 static int __devexit altera_uart_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
 {
-        struct uart_port *port = &altera_uart_ports[pdev->id].port;
+        struct uart_port *port;
+        int i = pdev->id;
 
+        if (i == -1)
+                i = 0;
+
+        port = &altera_uart_ports[i].port;
         uart_remove_one_port(&altera_uart_driver, port);
+
         return 0;
 }