diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/fsl_lpuart.c b/drivers/tty/serial/fsl_lpuart.c
index f0252184291e..7a3db9378fa3 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/serial/fsl_lpuart.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/serial/fsl_lpuart.c
@@ -2151,6 +2151,10 @@ static int lpuart_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 		dev_err(&pdev->dev, "failed to get alias id, errno %d\n", ret);
 		return ret;
 	}
+	if (ret >= ARRAY_SIZE(lpuart_ports)) {
+		dev_err(&pdev->dev, "serial%d out of range\n", ret);
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
 	sport->port.line = ret;
 	res = platform_get_resource(pdev, IORESOURCE_MEM, 0);
 	sport->port.membase = devm_ioremap_resource(&pdev->dev, res);