diff --git a/configs/thunderx_88xx_defconfig b/configs/thunderx_88xx_defconfig
index 28797f9..8242103 100644
--- a/configs/thunderx_88xx_defconfig
+++ b/configs/thunderx_88xx_defconfig
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 CONFIG_ARM=y
 CONFIG_TARGET_THUNDERX_88XX=y
-CONFIG_DM_SERIAL=y
 CONFIG_DEFAULT_DEVICE_TREE="thunderx-88xx"
 CONFIG_BOOTDELAY=5
 CONFIG_HUSH_PARSER=y
@@ -16,6 +15,7 @@
 # CONFIG_CMD_NET is not set
 # CONFIG_CMD_NFS is not set
 CONFIG_DM=y
+CONFIG_DM_SERIAL=y
 CONFIG_DEBUG_UART=y
 CONFIG_DEBUG_UART_PL011=y
 CONFIG_DEBUG_UART_BASE=0x87e024000000