diff --git a/plat/imx/imx8m/imx_rdc.c b/plat/imx/imx8m/imx_rdc.c
index 85de191..de15956 100644
--- a/plat/imx/imx8m/imx_rdc.c
+++ b/plat/imx/imx8m/imx_rdc.c
@@ -4,13 +4,78 @@
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
  */
 
+#include <errno.h>
+
 #include <lib/mmio.h>
 
 #include <imx_rdc.h>
 
+struct imx_uart {
+	int index;
+	unsigned int uart_base;
+};
+
+static const struct imx_uart imx8m_uart_info[] = {
+	{	/* UART 1 */
+		.index = RDC_PDAP_UART1,
+		.uart_base = IMX_UART1_BASE,
+	}, {	/* UART 2 */
+		.index = RDC_PDAP_UART2,
+		.uart_base = IMX_UART2_BASE,
+	}, {	/* UART 3 */
+		.index = RDC_PDAP_UART3,
+		.uart_base = IMX_UART3_BASE,
+	}, {	/* UART 4 */
+		.index = RDC_PDAP_UART4,
+		.uart_base = IMX_UART4_BASE,
+	}
+};
+
+static int imx_rdc_uart_get_pdap_index(unsigned int uart_base)
+{
+	size_t i;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(imx8m_uart_info); i++) {
+		if (imx8m_uart_info[i].uart_base == uart_base) {
+			return imx8m_uart_info[i].index;
+		}
+	}
+
+	return -ENODEV;
+}
+
-void imx_rdc_init(const struct imx_rdc_cfg *rdc_cfg)
+static void imx_rdc_console_access_enable(struct imx_rdc_cfg *rdc_cfg,
+				   unsigned int console_base)
 {
-	const struct imx_rdc_cfg *rdc = rdc_cfg;
+	struct imx_rdc_cfg *rdc;
+	int console_pdap_index;
+
+	console_pdap_index = imx_rdc_uart_get_pdap_index(console_base);
+	if (console_pdap_index < 0) {
+		return;
+	}
+
+	for (rdc = rdc_cfg; rdc->type != RDC_INVALID; rdc++) {
+		if (rdc->type != RDC_PDAP || rdc->index != console_pdap_index) {
+			continue;
+		}
+
+		if (rdc->index == console_pdap_index &&
+		    rdc->setting.rdc_pdap == (D0R | D0W)) {
+			return;
+		}
+
+		if (rdc->index == console_pdap_index) {
+			rdc->setting.rdc_pdap = D0R | D0W;
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+void imx_rdc_init(struct imx_rdc_cfg *rdc_cfg, unsigned int console_base)
+{
+	struct imx_rdc_cfg *rdc = rdc_cfg;
+
+	imx_rdc_console_access_enable(rdc, console_base);
 
 	while (rdc->type != RDC_INVALID) {
 		switch (rdc->type) {