diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/efm32-uart.c b/drivers/tty/serial/efm32-uart.c
index 0eb5b56..028582e 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/serial/efm32-uart.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/serial/efm32-uart.c
@@ -671,7 +671,10 @@
 	if (!np)
 		return 1;
 
-	ret = of_property_read_u32(np, "location", &location);
+	ret = of_property_read_u32(np, "efm32,location", &location);
+	if (ret)
+		/* fall back to old and (wrongly) generic property "location" */
+		ret = of_property_read_u32(np, "location", &location);
 	if (!ret) {
 		if (location > 5) {
 			dev_err(&pdev->dev, "invalid location\n");