diff --git a/plat/st/common/stm32mp_common.c b/plat/st/common/stm32mp_common.c
index 9a955a6..eee983f 100644
--- a/plat/st/common/stm32mp_common.c
+++ b/plat/st/common/stm32mp_common.c
@@ -274,7 +274,9 @@
 #if STM32MP_EARLY_CONSOLE
 void stm32mp_setup_early_console(void)
 {
+#if defined(IMAGE_BL2) || STM32MP_RECONFIGURE_CONSOLE
 	plat_crash_console_init();
+#endif
 	set_console(STM32MP_DEBUG_USART_BASE, STM32MP_DEBUG_USART_CLK_FRQ);
 	NOTICE("Early console setup\n");
 }
diff --git a/plat/st/stm32mp1/platform.mk b/plat/st/stm32mp1/platform.mk
index be07a4b..def2898 100644
--- a/plat/st/stm32mp1/platform.mk
+++ b/plat/st/stm32mp1/platform.mk
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 USE_COHERENT_MEM	:=	0
 
 STM32MP_EARLY_CONSOLE	?=	0
+STM32MP_RECONFIGURE_CONSOLE ?=	0
 STM32MP_UART_BAUDRATE	?=	115200
 
 # Allow TF-A to concatenate BL2 & BL32 binaries in a single file,
@@ -208,6 +209,7 @@
 		STM32MP_EMMC \
 		STM32MP_EMMC_BOOT \
 		STM32MP_RAW_NAND \
+		STM32MP_RECONFIGURE_CONSOLE \
 		STM32MP_SDMMC \
 		STM32MP_SPI_NAND \
 		STM32MP_SPI_NOR \
@@ -239,6 +241,7 @@
 		STM32MP_EMMC \
 		STM32MP_EMMC_BOOT \
 		STM32MP_RAW_NAND \
+		STM32MP_RECONFIGURE_CONSOLE \
 		STM32MP_SDMMC \
 		STM32MP_SPI_NAND \
 		STM32MP_SPI_NOR \