diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/stm32-usart.c b/drivers/tty/serial/stm32-usart.c
index 4d277804c63e..3524ed2c0c73 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/serial/stm32-usart.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/serial/stm32-usart.c
@@ -214,14 +214,11 @@ static void stm32_usart_receive_chars(struct uart_port *port, bool threaded)
 	struct tty_port *tport = &port->state->port;
 	struct stm32_port *stm32_port = to_stm32_port(port);
 	const struct stm32_usart_offsets *ofs = &stm32_port->info->ofs;
-	unsigned long c, flags;
+	unsigned long c;
 	u32 sr;
 	char flag;
 
-	if (threaded)
-		spin_lock_irqsave(&port->lock, flags);
-	else
-		spin_lock(&port->lock);
+	spin_lock(&port->lock);
 
 	while (stm32_usart_pending_rx(port, &sr, &stm32_port->last_res,
 				      threaded)) {
@@ -278,10 +275,7 @@ static void stm32_usart_receive_chars(struct uart_port *port, bool threaded)
 		uart_insert_char(port, sr, USART_SR_ORE, c, flag);
 	}
 
-	if (threaded)
-		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&port->lock, flags);
-	else
-		spin_unlock(&port->lock);
+	spin_unlock(&port->lock);
 
 	tty_flip_buffer_push(tport);
 }
@@ -667,7 +661,8 @@ static int stm32_usart_startup(struct uart_port *port)
 
 	ret = request_threaded_irq(port->irq, stm32_usart_interrupt,
 				   stm32_usart_threaded_interrupt,
-				   IRQF_NO_SUSPEND, name, port);
+				   IRQF_ONESHOT | IRQF_NO_SUSPEND,
+				   name, port);
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
 
@@ -1156,6 +1151,13 @@ static int stm32_usart_of_dma_rx_probe(struct stm32_port *stm32port,
 	struct dma_async_tx_descriptor *desc = NULL;
 	int ret;
 
+	/*
+	 * Using DMA and threaded handler for the console could lead to
+	 * deadlocks.
+	 */
+	if (uart_console(port))
+		return -ENODEV;
+
 	/* Request DMA RX channel */
 	stm32port->rx_ch = dma_request_slave_channel(dev, "rx");
 	if (!stm32port->rx_ch) {