diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/sc16is7xx.c b/drivers/tty/serial/sc16is7xx.c
index 9b68725d4e9b..091cf5fe9030 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/serial/sc16is7xx.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/serial/sc16is7xx.c
@@ -1271,6 +1271,12 @@ static int sc16is7xx_probe(struct device *dev,
 		s->p[i].port.fifosize	= SC16IS7XX_FIFO_SIZE;
 		s->p[i].port.flags	= UPF_FIXED_TYPE | UPF_LOW_LATENCY;
 		s->p[i].port.iobase	= i;
+		/*
+		 * Use all ones as membase to make sure uart_configure_port() in
+		 * serial_core.c does not abort for SPI/I2C devices where the
+		 * membase address is not applicable.
+		 */
+		s->p[i].port.membase	= (void __iomem *)~0;
 		s->p[i].port.iotype	= UPIO_PORT;
 		s->p[i].port.uartclk	= freq;
 		s->p[i].port.rs485_config = sc16is7xx_config_rs485;