diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/Kconfig b/drivers/tty/serial/Kconfig
index 3682fd3e960c..25e55332f8b1 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/serial/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/tty/serial/Kconfig
@@ -119,6 +119,7 @@ config SERIAL_ATMEL
 	depends on ARCH_AT91 || COMPILE_TEST
 	select SERIAL_CORE
 	select SERIAL_MCTRL_GPIO if GPIOLIB
+	select MFD_AT91_USART
 	help
 	  This enables the driver for the on-chip UARTs of the Atmel
 	  AT91 processors.
diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/atmel_serial.c b/drivers/tty/serial/atmel_serial.c
index df46a9e88c34..6b4494352853 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/serial/atmel_serial.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/serial/atmel_serial.c
@@ -193,8 +193,8 @@ static struct console atmel_console;
 
 #if defined(CONFIG_OF)
 static const struct of_device_id atmel_serial_dt_ids[] = {
-	{ .compatible = "atmel,at91rm9200-usart" },
-	{ .compatible = "atmel,at91sam9260-usart" },
+	{ .compatible = "atmel,at91rm9200-usart-serial" },
+	{ .compatible = "atmel,at91sam9260-usart-serial" },
 	{ /* sentinel */ }
 };
 #endif
@@ -1631,7 +1631,7 @@ static void atmel_tasklet_tx_func(unsigned long data)
 static void atmel_init_property(struct atmel_uart_port *atmel_port,
 				struct platform_device *pdev)
 {
-	struct device_node *np = pdev->dev.of_node;
+	struct device_node *np = pdev->dev.parent->of_node;
 
 	/* DMA/PDC usage specification */
 	if (of_property_read_bool(np, "atmel,use-dma-rx")) {
@@ -2223,7 +2223,8 @@ static const char *atmel_type(struct uart_port *port)
 static void atmel_release_port(struct uart_port *port)
 {
 	struct platform_device *pdev = to_platform_device(port->dev);
-	int size = pdev->resource[0].end - pdev->resource[0].start + 1;
+	int size = to_platform_device(pdev->dev.parent)->resource[0].end -
+		to_platform_device(pdev->dev.parent)->resource[0].start + 1;
 
 	release_mem_region(port->mapbase, size);
 
@@ -2239,7 +2240,8 @@ static void atmel_release_port(struct uart_port *port)
 static int atmel_request_port(struct uart_port *port)
 {
 	struct platform_device *pdev = to_platform_device(port->dev);
-	int size = pdev->resource[0].end - pdev->resource[0].start + 1;
+	int size = to_platform_device(pdev->dev.parent)->resource[0].end -
+		to_platform_device(pdev->dev.parent)->resource[0].start + 1;
 
 	if (!request_mem_region(port->mapbase, size, "atmel_serial"))
 		return -EBUSY;
@@ -2345,23 +2347,23 @@ static int atmel_init_port(struct atmel_uart_port *atmel_port,
 	atmel_init_property(atmel_port, pdev);
 	atmel_set_ops(port);
 
-	uart_get_rs485_mode(&pdev->dev, &port->rs485);
+	uart_get_rs485_mode(pdev->dev.parent, &port->rs485);
 
 	port->iotype		= UPIO_MEM;
 	port->flags		= UPF_BOOT_AUTOCONF | UPF_IOREMAP;
 	port->ops		= &atmel_pops;
 	port->fifosize		= 1;
 	port->dev		= &pdev->dev;
-	port->mapbase	= pdev->resource[0].start;
-	port->irq	= pdev->resource[1].start;
+	port->mapbase		= to_platform_device(pdev->dev.parent)->resource[0].start;
+	port->irq		= to_platform_device(pdev->dev.parent)->resource[1].start;
 	port->rs485_config	= atmel_config_rs485;
-	port->membase	= NULL;
+	port->membase		= NULL;
 
 	memset(&atmel_port->rx_ring, 0, sizeof(atmel_port->rx_ring));
 
 	/* for console, the clock could already be configured */
 	if (!atmel_port->clk) {
-		atmel_port->clk = clk_get(&pdev->dev, "usart");
+		atmel_port->clk = clk_get(pdev->dev.parent, "usart");
 		if (IS_ERR(atmel_port->clk)) {
 			ret = PTR_ERR(atmel_port->clk);
 			atmel_port->clk = NULL;
@@ -2656,7 +2658,7 @@ static void atmel_serial_probe_fifos(struct atmel_uart_port *atmel_port,
 	atmel_port->rts_low = 0;
 	atmel_port->rts_high = 0;
 
-	if (of_property_read_u32(pdev->dev.of_node,
+	if (of_property_read_u32(pdev->dev.parent->of_node,
 				 "atmel,fifo-size",
 				 &atmel_port->fifo_size))
 		return;
@@ -2694,11 +2696,10 @@ static void atmel_serial_probe_fifos(struct atmel_uart_port *atmel_port,
 static int atmel_serial_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 {
 	struct atmel_uart_port *atmel_port;
-	struct device_node *np = pdev->dev.of_node;
+	struct device_node *np = pdev->dev.parent->of_node;
 	void *data;
 	int ret = -ENODEV;
 	bool rs485_enabled;
-
 	BUILD_BUG_ON(ATMEL_SERIAL_RINGSIZE & (ATMEL_SERIAL_RINGSIZE - 1));
 
 	ret = of_alias_get_id(np, "serial");
@@ -2845,7 +2846,7 @@ static struct platform_driver atmel_serial_driver = {
 	.suspend	= atmel_serial_suspend,
 	.resume		= atmel_serial_resume,
 	.driver		= {
-		.name			= "atmel_usart",
+		.name			= "atmel_usart_serial",
 		.of_match_table		= of_match_ptr(atmel_serial_dt_ids),
 	},
 };
