diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/atmel_serial.c b/drivers/tty/serial/atmel_serial.c
index 5ca5cf3e9359..98c84038518e 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/serial/atmel_serial.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/serial/atmel_serial.c
@@ -111,6 +111,12 @@ struct atmel_uart_char {
 
 #define ATMEL_SERIAL_RINGSIZE 1024
 
+/*
+ * at91: 6 USARTs and one DBGU port (SAM9260)
+ * avr32: 4
+ */
+#define ATMEL_MAX_UART		7
+
 /*
  * We wrap our port structure around the generic uart_port.
  */
diff --git a/include/linux/platform_data/atmel.h b/include/linux/platform_data/atmel.h
index 527a85c61924..c4bc90bfebe0 100644
--- a/include/linux/platform_data/atmel.h
+++ b/include/linux/platform_data/atmel.h
@@ -19,12 +19,6 @@
 #include <linux/serial.h>
 #include <linux/platform_data/macb.h>
 
-/*
- * at91: 6 USARTs and one DBGU port (SAM9260)
- * avr32: 4
- */
-#define ATMEL_MAX_UART	7
-
  /* USB Device */
 struct at91_udc_data {
 	int	vbus_pin;		/* high == host powering us */