diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/Kconfig b/drivers/tty/serial/Kconfig
index 732c893c8d16..8b1f5756002f 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/serial/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/tty/serial/Kconfig
@@ -532,6 +532,9 @@ config SERIAL_UARTLITE_NR_UARTS
 	help
 	  Set this to the number of uartlites in your system, or the number
 	  you think you might implement.
+	  If maximum number of uartlite serial ports is more than 4, then the
+	  driver uses dynamic allocation instead of static allocation for major
+	  number.
 
 config SERIAL_SUNCORE
 	bool
diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/uartlite.c b/drivers/tty/serial/uartlite.c
index f9c69f543a26..10ba41b7be99 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/serial/uartlite.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/serial/uartlite.c
@@ -24,8 +24,13 @@
 #include <linux/pm_runtime.h>
 
 #define ULITE_NAME		"ttyUL"
+#if CONFIG_SERIAL_UARTLITE_NR_UARTS > 4
+#define ULITE_MAJOR             0       /* use dynamic node allocation */
+#define ULITE_MINOR             0
+#else
 #define ULITE_MAJOR		204
 #define ULITE_MINOR		187
+#endif
 #define ULITE_NR_UARTS		CONFIG_SERIAL_UARTLITE_NR_UARTS
 
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