diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/sh-sci.c b/drivers/tty/serial/sh-sci.c
index 6cd7bd7b6782..49990e08f01e 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/serial/sh-sci.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/serial/sh-sci.c
@@ -3431,7 +3431,7 @@ sh_early_platform_init_buffer("earlyprintk", &sci_driver,
 			   early_serial_buf, ARRAY_SIZE(early_serial_buf));
 #endif
 #ifdef CONFIG_SERIAL_SH_SCI_EARLYCON
-static struct plat_sci_port port_cfg __initdata;
+static struct plat_sci_port port_cfg;
 
 static int __init early_console_setup(struct earlycon_device *device,
 				      int type)