diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/max310x.c b/drivers/tty/serial/max310x.c
index 416d553b73a7..5903dd033fd0 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/serial/max310x.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/serial/max310x.c
@@ -1369,6 +1369,11 @@ static int max310x_probe(struct device *dev, const struct max310x_devtype *devty
 		s->p[i].port.flags	= UPF_FIXED_TYPE | UPF_LOW_LATENCY;
 		s->p[i].port.iotype	= UPIO_PORT;
 		s->p[i].port.iobase	= i;
+		/*
+		 * Use all ones as membase to make sure uart_configure_port() in
+		 * serial_core.c does not abort for SPI/I2C devices where the
+		 * membase address is not applicable.
+		 */
 		s->p[i].port.membase	= (void __iomem *)~0;
 		s->p[i].port.uartclk	= uartclk;
 		s->p[i].port.rs485_config = max310x_rs485_config;