1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/earlycon.c b/drivers/tty/serial/earlycon.c
index 5131b5ee6164..a514ee6f5406 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/serial/earlycon.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/serial/earlycon.c
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 #include <asm/serial.h>
 
 static struct console early_con = {
-        .name =         "earlycon",
+        .name =         "uart", /* 8250 console switch requires this name */
         .flags =        CON_PRINTBUFFER | CON_BOOT,
         .index =        -1,
 };