diff --git a/arch/sh/kernel/early_printk.c b/arch/sh/kernel/early_printk.c
index 81a46145ffa..fe7dc3fe1db 100644
--- a/arch/sh/kernel/early_printk.c
+++ b/arch/sh/kernel/early_printk.c
@@ -191,15 +191,7 @@ static void scif_sercon_init(char *s)
  * Setup a default console, if more than one is compiled in, rely on the
  * earlyprintk= parsing to give priority.
  */
-static struct console *early_console =
-#ifdef CONFIG_SH_STANDARD_BIOS
-	&bios_console
-#elif defined(CONFIG_EARLY_SCIF_CONSOLE)
-	&scif_console
-#else
-	NULL
-#endif
-	;
+static struct console *early_console;
 
 static int __init setup_early_printk(char *buf)
 {
diff --git a/arch/sh/kernel/setup.c b/arch/sh/kernel/setup.c
index 5a947a2567e..8b0e69792cf 100644
--- a/arch/sh/kernel/setup.c
+++ b/arch/sh/kernel/setup.c
@@ -423,6 +423,9 @@ void __init setup_arch(char **cmdline_p)
 
 	plat_early_device_setup();
 
+	/* Let earlyprintk output early console messages */
+	early_platform_driver_probe("earlyprintk", 1, 1);
+
 	sh_mv_setup();
 
 	/*
diff --git a/drivers/serial/sh-sci.c b/drivers/serial/sh-sci.c
index ff38dbdb5c6..d96c7c7f1b2 100644
--- a/drivers/serial/sh-sci.c
+++ b/drivers/serial/sh-sci.c
@@ -1043,10 +1043,14 @@ static void __devinit sci_init_single(struct platform_device *dev,
 	sci_port->port.iotype	= UPIO_MEM;
 	sci_port->port.line	= index;
 	sci_port->port.fifosize	= 1;
-	sci_port->iclk		= p->clk ? clk_get(&dev->dev, p->clk) : NULL;
-	sci_port->dclk		= clk_get(&dev->dev, "peripheral_clk");
-	sci_port->enable	= sci_clk_enable;
-	sci_port->disable	= sci_clk_disable;
+
+	if (dev) {
+		sci_port->iclk = p->clk ? clk_get(&dev->dev, p->clk) : NULL;
+		sci_port->dclk = clk_get(&dev->dev, "peripheral_clk");
+		sci_port->enable = sci_clk_enable;
+		sci_port->disable = sci_clk_disable;
+		sci_port->port.dev = &dev->dev;
+	}
 
 	sci_port->break_timer.data = (unsigned long)sci_port;
 	sci_port->break_timer.function = sci_break_timer;
@@ -1057,7 +1061,6 @@ static void __devinit sci_init_single(struct platform_device *dev,
 
 	sci_port->port.irq	= p->irqs[SCIx_TXI_IRQ];
 	sci_port->port.flags	= p->flags;
-	sci_port->port.dev	= &dev->dev;
 	sci_port->type		= sci_port->port.type = p->type;
 
 	memcpy(&sci_port->irqs, &p->irqs, sizeof(p->irqs));
@@ -1101,7 +1104,7 @@ static void serial_console_write(struct console *co, const char *s,
 		sci_port->disable(port);
 }
 
-static int __init serial_console_setup(struct console *co, char *options)
+static int __devinit serial_console_setup(struct console *co, char *options)
 {
 	struct sci_port *sci_port;
 	struct uart_port *port;
@@ -1119,9 +1122,14 @@ static int __init serial_console_setup(struct console *co, char *options)
 	if (co->index >= SCI_NPORTS)
 		co->index = 0;
 
-	sci_port = &sci_ports[co->index];
-	port = &sci_port->port;
-	co->data = port;
+	if (co->data) {
+		port = co->data;
+		sci_port = to_sci_port(port);
+	} else {
+		sci_port = &sci_ports[co->index];
+		port = &sci_port->port;
+		co->data = port;
+	}
 
 	/*
 	 * Also need to check port->type, we don't actually have any
@@ -1165,6 +1173,15 @@ static int __init sci_console_init(void)
 	return 0;
 }
 console_initcall(sci_console_init);
+
+static struct sci_port early_serial_port;
+static struct console early_serial_console = {
+	.name           = "early_ttySC",
+	.write          = serial_console_write,
+	.flags          = CON_PRINTBUFFER,
+};
+static char early_serial_buf[32];
+
 #endif /* CONFIG_SERIAL_SH_SCI_CONSOLE */
 
 #if defined(CONFIG_SERIAL_SH_SCI_CONSOLE)
@@ -1250,6 +1267,21 @@ static int __devinit sci_probe(struct platform_device *dev)
 	struct sh_sci_priv *priv;
 	int i, ret = -EINVAL;
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_SERIAL_SH_SCI_CONSOLE
+	if (is_early_platform_device(dev)) {
+		if (dev->id == -1)
+			return -ENOTSUPP;
+		early_serial_console.index = dev->id;
+		early_serial_console.data = &early_serial_port.port;
+		sci_init_single(NULL, &early_serial_port, dev->id, p);
+		serial_console_setup(&early_serial_console, early_serial_buf);
+		if (!strstr(early_serial_buf, "keep"))
+			early_serial_console.flags |= CON_BOOT;
+		register_console(&early_serial_console);
+		return 0;
+	}
+#endif
+
 	priv = kzalloc(sizeof(*priv), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!priv)
 		return -ENOMEM;
@@ -1349,6 +1381,10 @@ static void __exit sci_exit(void)
 	uart_unregister_driver(&sci_uart_driver);
 }
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_SERIAL_SH_SCI_CONSOLE
+early_platform_init_buffer("earlyprintk", &sci_driver,
+			   early_serial_buf, ARRAY_SIZE(early_serial_buf));
+#endif
 module_init(sci_init);
 module_exit(sci_exit);