diff --git a/plat/arm/common/arm_pm.c b/plat/arm/common/arm_pm.c
index 44ac5b5..4632099 100644
--- a/plat/arm/common/arm_pm.c
+++ b/plat/arm/common/arm_pm.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2015-2017, ARM Limited and Contributors. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2015-2018, ARM Limited and Contributors. All rights reserved.
  *
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
  */
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
 #include <arm_def.h>
 #include <arm_gic.h>
 #include <assert.h>
-#include <console.h>
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <plat_arm.h>
 #include <platform.h>
@@ -160,6 +159,12 @@
 	plat_arm_gic_save();
 
 	/*
+	 * Unregister console now so that it is not registered for a second
+	 * time during resume.
+	 */
+	arm_console_runtime_end();
+
+	/*
 	 * All the other peripheral which are configured by ARM TF are
 	 * re-initialized on resume from system suspend. Hence we
 	 * don't save their state here.
@@ -174,8 +179,8 @@
  *****************************************************************************/
 void arm_system_pwr_domain_resume(void)
 {
-	console_init(PLAT_ARM_BL31_RUN_UART_BASE, PLAT_ARM_BL31_RUN_UART_CLK_IN_HZ,
-						ARM_CONSOLE_BAUDRATE);
+	/* Initialize the console */
+	arm_console_runtime_init();
 
 	/* Assert system power domain is available on the platform */
 	assert(PLAT_MAX_PWR_LVL >= ARM_PWR_LVL2);