diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/serial_base_bus.c b/drivers/tty/serial/serial_base_bus.c
index 4ef26a1b09b1..1375be3315e6 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/serial/serial_base_bus.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/serial/serial_base_bus.c
@@ -219,9 +219,58 @@ static int serial_base_add_one_prefcon(const char *match, const char *dev_name,
 	return ret;
 }
 
+#ifdef __sparc__
+
+/* Handle Sparc ttya and ttyb options as done in console_setup() */
+static int serial_base_add_sparc_console(const char *dev_name, int idx)
+{
+	const char *name;
+
+	switch (idx) {
+	case 0:
+		name = "ttya";
+		break;
+	case 1:
+		name = "ttyb";
+		break;
+	default:
+		return 0;
+	}
+
+	return serial_base_add_one_prefcon(name, dev_name, idx);
+}
+
+#else
+
+static inline int serial_base_add_sparc_console(const char *dev_name, int idx)
+{
+	return 0;
+}
+
+#endif
+
 static int serial_base_add_prefcon(const char *name, int idx)
 {
 	const char *char_match __free(kfree) = NULL;
+	const char *nmbr_match __free(kfree) = NULL;
+	int ret;
+
+	/* Handle ttyS specific options */
+	if (strstarts(name, "ttyS")) {
+		/* No name, just a number */
+		nmbr_match = kasprintf(GFP_KERNEL, "%i", idx);
+		if (!nmbr_match)
+			return -ENODEV;
+
+		ret = serial_base_add_one_prefcon(nmbr_match, name, idx);
+		if (ret)
+			return ret;
+
+		/* Sparc ttya and ttyb */
+		ret = serial_base_add_sparc_console(name, idx);
+		if (ret)
+			return ret;
+	}
 
 	/* Handle the traditional character device name style console=ttyS0 */
 	char_match = kasprintf(GFP_KERNEL, "%s%i", name, idx);