diff --git a/drivers/serial/cpm_uart/cpm_uart_core.c b/drivers/serial/cpm_uart/cpm_uart_core.c
index 25efca5a7a1ffe423b0757f2a89f660390537e20..a6c4d744495e3b694894c35453bbac4a0baff512 100644
--- a/drivers/serial/cpm_uart/cpm_uart_core.c
+++ b/drivers/serial/cpm_uart/cpm_uart_core.c
@@ -1333,6 +1333,9 @@ static int __devinit cpm_uart_probe(struct of_device *ofdev,
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
 
+	/* initialize the device pointer for the port */
+	pinfo->port.dev = &ofdev->dev;
+
 	return uart_add_one_port(&cpm_reg, &pinfo->port);
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/serial/cpm_uart/cpm_uart_cpm1.c b/drivers/serial/cpm_uart/cpm_uart_cpm1.c
index 0f0aff06c596cf60fc6207c591fd96bda14d370d..1b94c56ec23914a0c7a44acd04ebe61594f39273 100644
--- a/drivers/serial/cpm_uart/cpm_uart_cpm1.c
+++ b/drivers/serial/cpm_uart/cpm_uart_cpm1.c
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ int cpm_uart_allocbuf(struct uart_cpm_port *pinfo, unsigned int is_con)
 		mem_addr = (u8 *) cpm_dpram_addr(cpm_dpalloc(memsz, 8));
 		dma_addr = (u32)cpm_dpram_phys(mem_addr);
 	} else
-		mem_addr = dma_alloc_coherent(NULL, memsz, &dma_addr,
+		mem_addr = dma_alloc_coherent(pinfo->port.dev, memsz, &dma_addr,
 					      GFP_KERNEL);
 
 	if (mem_addr == NULL) {
@@ -127,8 +127,8 @@ int cpm_uart_allocbuf(struct uart_cpm_port *pinfo, unsigned int is_con)
 
 void cpm_uart_freebuf(struct uart_cpm_port *pinfo)
 {
-	dma_free_coherent(NULL, L1_CACHE_ALIGN(pinfo->rx_nrfifos *
-					       pinfo->rx_fifosize) +
+	dma_free_coherent(pinfo->port.dev, L1_CACHE_ALIGN(pinfo->rx_nrfifos *
+							  pinfo->rx_fifosize) +
 			  L1_CACHE_ALIGN(pinfo->tx_nrfifos *
 					 pinfo->tx_fifosize), pinfo->mem_addr,
 			  pinfo->dma_addr);
diff --git a/drivers/serial/cpm_uart/cpm_uart_cpm2.c b/drivers/serial/cpm_uart/cpm_uart_cpm2.c
index b8db4d3eed3686ec758e9a11ad783e83c3e0d7b7..141c0a3333ad3c8ac8140b5c52b5588a21daf6b2 100644
--- a/drivers/serial/cpm_uart/cpm_uart_cpm2.c
+++ b/drivers/serial/cpm_uart/cpm_uart_cpm2.c
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ int cpm_uart_allocbuf(struct uart_cpm_port *pinfo, unsigned int is_con)
 		dma_addr = virt_to_bus(mem_addr);
 	}
 	else
-		mem_addr = dma_alloc_coherent(NULL, memsz, &dma_addr,
+		mem_addr = dma_alloc_coherent(pinfo->port.dev, memsz, &dma_addr,
 					      GFP_KERNEL);
 
 	if (mem_addr == NULL) {
@@ -163,8 +163,8 @@ int cpm_uart_allocbuf(struct uart_cpm_port *pinfo, unsigned int is_con)
 
 void cpm_uart_freebuf(struct uart_cpm_port *pinfo)
 {
-	dma_free_coherent(NULL, L1_CACHE_ALIGN(pinfo->rx_nrfifos *
-					       pinfo->rx_fifosize) +
+	dma_free_coherent(pinfo->port.dev, L1_CACHE_ALIGN(pinfo->rx_nrfifos *
+							  pinfo->rx_fifosize) +
 			  L1_CACHE_ALIGN(pinfo->tx_nrfifos *
 					 pinfo->tx_fifosize), (void __force *)pinfo->mem_addr,
 			  pinfo->dma_addr);
diff --git a/drivers/serial/ucc_uart.c b/drivers/serial/ucc_uart.c
index 5c5d18dcb6aca4b0443b9bb8d3d5b2579b5705c0..539c933b335f306b2dc92182785ab09cf271cec6 100644
--- a/drivers/serial/ucc_uart.c
+++ b/drivers/serial/ucc_uart.c
@@ -1009,7 +1009,7 @@ static int qe_uart_request_port(struct uart_port *port)
 	rx_size = L1_CACHE_ALIGN(qe_port->rx_nrfifos * qe_port->rx_fifosize);
 	tx_size = L1_CACHE_ALIGN(qe_port->tx_nrfifos * qe_port->tx_fifosize);
 
-	bd_virt = dma_alloc_coherent(NULL, rx_size + tx_size, &bd_dma_addr,
+	bd_virt = dma_alloc_coherent(port->dev, rx_size + tx_size, &bd_dma_addr,
 		GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!bd_virt) {
 		dev_err(port->dev, "could not allocate buffer descriptors\n");
@@ -1051,7 +1051,7 @@ static void qe_uart_release_port(struct uart_port *port)
 		container_of(port, struct uart_qe_port, port);
 	struct ucc_slow_private *uccs = qe_port->us_private;
 
-	dma_free_coherent(NULL, qe_port->bd_size, qe_port->bd_virt,
+	dma_free_coherent(port->dev, qe_port->bd_size, qe_port->bd_virt,
 			  qe_port->bd_dma_addr);
 
 	ucc_slow_free(uccs);