diff --git a/drivers/of/base.c b/drivers/of/base.c
index 908de45f966b..6418205a05f5 100644
--- a/drivers/of/base.c
+++ b/drivers/of/base.c
@@ -1953,13 +1953,15 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(of_alias_get_id);
  * The function travels the lookup table to record alias ids for the given
  * device match structures and alias stem.
  *
- * Return:	0 or -ENOSYS when !CONFIG_OF
+ * Return:	0 or -ENOSYS when !CONFIG_OF or
+ *		-EOVERFLOW if alias ID is greater then allocated nbits
  */
 int of_alias_get_alias_list(const struct of_device_id *matches,
 			     const char *stem, unsigned long *bitmap,
 			     unsigned int nbits)
 {
 	struct alias_prop *app;
+	int ret = 0;
 
 	/* Zero bitmap field to make sure that all the time it is clean */
 	bitmap_zero(bitmap, nbits);
@@ -1976,21 +1978,21 @@ int of_alias_get_alias_list(const struct of_device_id *matches,
 			continue;
 		}
 
-		if (app->id >= nbits) {
-			pr_debug("%s: ID %d greater then bitmap field %d\n",
-				__func__, app->id, nbits);
-			continue;
-		}
-
 		if (of_match_node(matches, app->np)) {
 			pr_debug("%s: Allocated ID %d\n", __func__, app->id);
-			set_bit(app->id, bitmap);
+
+			if (app->id >= nbits) {
+				pr_warn("%s: ID %d >= than bitmap field %d\n",
+					__func__, app->id, nbits);
+				ret = -EOVERFLOW;
+			} else {
+				set_bit(app->id, bitmap);
+			}
 		}
-		/* Alias exists but is not compatible with matches */
 	}
 	mutex_unlock(&of_mutex);
 
-	return 0;
+	return ret;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(of_alias_get_alias_list);
 
diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/xilinx_uartps.c b/drivers/tty/serial/xilinx_uartps.c
index c3f6cce300aa..57c66d2c3471 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/serial/xilinx_uartps.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/serial/xilinx_uartps.c
@@ -1394,7 +1394,7 @@ static int cdns_get_id(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	if (!alias_bitmap_initialized) {
 		ret = of_alias_get_alias_list(cdns_uart_of_match, "serial",
 					      alias_bitmap, MAX_UART_INSTANCES);
-		if (ret) {
+		if (ret && ret != -EOVERFLOW) {
 			mutex_unlock(&bitmap_lock);
 			return ret;
 		}