/* IMX lpuart has four extra unused regs located at the beginning */
 #define IMX_REG_OFF    0x10
 
-static DEFINE_IDA(fsl_lpuart_ida);
-
 enum lpuart_type {
        VF610_LPUART,
        LS1021A_LPUART,
        int                     rx_dma_rng_buf_len;
        unsigned int            dma_tx_nents;
        wait_queue_head_t       dma_wait;
-       bool                    id_allocated;
 };
 
 struct lpuart_soc_data {
 
        ret = of_alias_get_id(np, "serial");
        if (ret < 0) {
-               ret = ida_simple_get(&fsl_lpuart_ida, 0, UART_NR, GFP_KERNEL);
-               if (ret < 0) {
-                       dev_err(&pdev->dev, "port line is full, add device failed\n");
-                       return ret;
-               }
-               sport->id_allocated = true;
+               dev_err(&pdev->dev, "failed to get alias id, errno %d\n", ret);
+               return ret;
        }
        if (ret >= ARRAY_SIZE(lpuart_ports)) {
                dev_err(&pdev->dev, "serial%d out of range\n", ret);
-               ret = -EINVAL;
-               goto failed_out_of_range;
+               return -EINVAL;
        }
        sport->port.line = ret;
 
        ret = lpuart_enable_clks(sport);
        if (ret)
-               goto failed_clock_enable;
+               return ret;
        sport->port.uartclk = lpuart_get_baud_clk_rate(sport);
 
        lpuart_ports[sport->port.line] = sport;
 failed_attach_port:
 failed_irq_request:
        lpuart_disable_clks(sport);
-failed_clock_enable:
-failed_out_of_range:
-       if (sport->id_allocated)
-               ida_simple_remove(&fsl_lpuart_ida, sport->port.line);
        return ret;
 }
 
 
        uart_remove_one_port(&lpuart_reg, &sport->port);
 
-       if (sport->id_allocated)
-               ida_simple_remove(&fsl_lpuart_ida, sport->port.line);
-
        lpuart_disable_clks(sport);
 
        if (sport->dma_tx_chan)
 
 static void __exit lpuart_serial_exit(void)
 {
-       ida_destroy(&fsl_lpuart_ida);
        platform_driver_unregister(&lpuart_driver);
        uart_unregister_driver(&lpuart_reg);
 }