diff --git a/plat/renesas/rcar/bl31_plat_setup.c b/plat/renesas/rcar/bl31_plat_setup.c
index add3e34..4fff233 100644
--- a/plat/renesas/rcar/bl31_plat_setup.c
+++ b/plat/renesas/rcar/bl31_plat_setup.c
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /*
  * Copyright (c) 2013-2014, ARM Limited and Contributors. All rights reserved.
- * Copyright (c) 2015-2017, Renesas Electronics Corporation. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2015-2019, Renesas Electronics Corporation. All rights reserved.
  *
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
  */
@@ -79,9 +79,7 @@
 void bl31_early_platform_setup2(u_register_t arg0, u_register_t arg1,
 				u_register_t arg2, u_register_t arg3)
 {
-	/* dummy config: the actual console configuration (platform specific)
-	   is done in the driver (scif.c) */
-	console_init(1, 0, 0);
+	rcar_console_runtime_init();
 
 	NOTICE("BL3-1 : Rev.%s\n", version_of_renesas);