diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-omap2/gpmc.c b/arch/arm/mach-omap2/gpmc.c
index 579697adaae7..51525faa0aec 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-omap2/gpmc.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-omap2/gpmc.c
@@ -1521,6 +1521,42 @@ err:
 	return ret;
 }
 
+/*
+ * REVISIT: Add timing support from slls644g.pdf
+ */
+static int gpmc_probe_8250(struct platform_device *pdev,
+				struct device_node *child)
+{
+	struct resource res;
+	unsigned long base;
+	int ret, cs;
+
+	if (of_property_read_u32(child, "reg", &cs) < 0) {
+		dev_err(&pdev->dev, "%s has no 'reg' property\n",
+			child->full_name);
+		return -ENODEV;
+	}
+
+	if (of_address_to_resource(child, 0, &res) < 0) {
+		dev_err(&pdev->dev, "%s has malformed 'reg' property\n",
+			child->full_name);
+		return -ENODEV;
+	}
+
+	ret = gpmc_cs_request(cs, resource_size(&res), &base);
+	if (ret < 0) {
+		dev_err(&pdev->dev, "cannot request GPMC CS %d\n", cs);
+		return ret;
+	}
+
+	if (of_platform_device_create(child, NULL, &pdev->dev))
+		return 0;
+
+	dev_err(&pdev->dev, "failed to create gpmc child %s\n", child->name);
+
+	return -ENODEV;
+}
+
 static int gpmc_probe_dt(struct platform_device *pdev)
 {
 	int ret;
@@ -1564,6 +1600,8 @@ static int gpmc_probe_dt(struct platform_device *pdev)
 		else if (of_node_cmp(child->name, "ethernet") == 0 ||
 			 of_node_cmp(child->name, "nor") == 0)
 			ret = gpmc_probe_generic_child(pdev, child);
+		else if (of_node_cmp(child->name, "8250") == 0)
+			ret = gpmc_probe_8250(pdev, child);
 
 		if (WARN(ret < 0, "%s: probing gpmc child %s failed\n",
 			 __func__, child->full_name))