diff --git a/include/linux/printk.h b/include/linux/printk.h
index 65c5184470f1..7239976698e4 100644
--- a/include/linux/printk.h
+++ b/include/linux/printk.h
@@ -60,6 +60,10 @@ static inline const char *printk_skip_headers(const char *buffer)
 #define CONSOLE_LOGLEVEL_DEFAULT CONFIG_CONSOLE_LOGLEVEL_DEFAULT
 #define CONSOLE_LOGLEVEL_QUIET	 CONFIG_CONSOLE_LOGLEVEL_QUIET
 
+int match_devname_and_update_preferred_console(const char *match,
+					       const char *name,
+					       const short idx);
+
 extern int console_printk[];
 
 #define console_loglevel (console_printk[0])
diff --git a/kernel/printk/console_cmdline.h b/kernel/printk/console_cmdline.h
index 3ca74ad391d6..0ab573b6d4dc 100644
--- a/kernel/printk/console_cmdline.h
+++ b/kernel/printk/console_cmdline.h
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ struct console_cmdline
 {
 	char	name[16];			/* Name of the driver	    */
 	int	index;				/* Minor dev. to use	    */
+	char	devname[32];			/* DEVNAME:0.0 style device name */
 	bool	user_specified;			/* Specified by command line vs. platform */
 	char	*options;			/* Options for the driver   */
 #ifdef CONFIG_A11Y_BRAILLE_CONSOLE
diff --git a/kernel/printk/printk.c b/kernel/printk/printk.c
index dddb15f48d59..7d91593f0ecf 100644
--- a/kernel/printk/printk.c
+++ b/kernel/printk/printk.c
@@ -2429,18 +2429,23 @@ static void set_user_specified(struct console_cmdline *c, bool user_specified)
 	console_set_on_cmdline = 1;
 }
 
-static int __add_preferred_console(const char *name, const short idx, char *options,
+static int __add_preferred_console(const char *name, const short idx,
+				   const char *devname, char *options,
 				   char *brl_options, bool user_specified)
 {
 	struct console_cmdline *c;
 	int i;
 
+	if (!name && !devname)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
 	/*
 	 * We use a signed short index for struct console for device drivers to
 	 * indicate a not yet assigned index or port. However, a negative index
-	 * value is not valid for preferred console.
+	 * value is not valid when the console name and index are defined on
+	 * the command line.
 	 */
-	if (idx < 0)
+	if (name && idx < 0)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	/*
@@ -2448,9 +2453,10 @@ static int __add_preferred_console(const char *name, const short idx, char *opti
 	 *	if we have a slot free.
 	 */
 	for (i = 0, c = console_cmdline;
-	     i < MAX_CMDLINECONSOLES && c->name[0];
+	     i < MAX_CMDLINECONSOLES && (c->name[0] || c->devname[0]);
 	     i++, c++) {
-		if (strcmp(c->name, name) == 0 && c->index == idx) {
+		if ((name && strcmp(c->name, name) == 0 && c->index == idx) ||
+		    (devname && strcmp(c->devname, devname) == 0)) {
 			if (!brl_options)
 				preferred_console = i;
 			set_user_specified(c, user_specified);
@@ -2461,7 +2467,10 @@ static int __add_preferred_console(const char *name, const short idx, char *opti
 		return -E2BIG;
 	if (!brl_options)
 		preferred_console = i;
-	strscpy(c->name, name, sizeof(c->name));
+	if (name)
+		strscpy(c->name, name);
+	if (devname)
+		strscpy(c->devname, devname);
 	c->options = options;
 	set_user_specified(c, user_specified);
 	braille_set_options(c, brl_options);
@@ -2486,8 +2495,13 @@ __setup("console_msg_format=", console_msg_format_setup);
  */
 static int __init console_setup(char *str)
 {
-	char buf[sizeof(console_cmdline[0].name) + 4]; /* 4 for "ttyS" */
-	char *s, *options, *brl_options = NULL;
+	static_assert(sizeof(console_cmdline[0].devname) >= sizeof(console_cmdline[0].name) + 4);
+	char buf[sizeof(console_cmdline[0].devname)];
+	char *brl_options = NULL;
+	char *ttyname = NULL;
+	char *devname = NULL;
+	char *options;
+	char *s;
 	int idx;
 
 	/*
@@ -2496,17 +2510,23 @@ static int __init console_setup(char *str)
 	 * for exactly this purpose.
 	 */
 	if (str[0] == 0 || strcmp(str, "null") == 0) {
-		__add_preferred_console("ttynull", 0, NULL, NULL, true);
+		__add_preferred_console("ttynull", 0, NULL, NULL, NULL, true);
 		return 1;
 	}
 
 	if (_braille_console_setup(&str, &brl_options))
 		return 1;
 
+	/* For a DEVNAME:0.0 style console the character device is unknown early */
+	if (strchr(str, ':'))
+		devname = buf;
+	else
+		ttyname = buf;
+
 	/*
 	 * Decode str into name, index, options.
 	 */
-	if (isdigit(str[0]))
+	if (ttyname && isdigit(str[0]))
 		scnprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), "ttyS%s", str);
 	else
 		strscpy(buf, str);
@@ -2523,12 +2543,18 @@ static int __init console_setup(char *str)
 #endif
 
 	for (s = buf; *s; s++)
-		if (isdigit(*s) || *s == ',')
+		if ((ttyname && isdigit(*s)) || *s == ',')
 			break;
-	idx = simple_strtoul(s, NULL, 10);
+
+	/* @idx will get defined when devname matches. */
+	if (devname)
+		idx = -1;
+	else
+		idx = simple_strtoul(s, NULL, 10);
+
 	*s = 0;
 
-	__add_preferred_console(buf, idx, options, brl_options, true);
+	__add_preferred_console(ttyname, idx, devname, options, brl_options, true);
 	return 1;
 }
 __setup("console=", console_setup);
@@ -2548,7 +2574,51 @@ __setup("console=", console_setup);
  */
 int add_preferred_console(const char *name, const short idx, char *options)
 {
-	return __add_preferred_console(name, idx, options, NULL, false);
+	return __add_preferred_console(name, idx, NULL, options, NULL, false);
+}
+
+/**
+ * match_devname_and_update_preferred_console - Update a preferred console
+ *	when matching devname is found.
+ * @devname: DEVNAME:0.0 style device name
+ * @name: Name of the corresponding console driver, e.g. "ttyS"
+ * @idx: Console index, e.g. port number.
+ *
+ * The function checks whether a device with the given @devname is
+ * preferred via the console=DEVNAME:0.0 command line option.
+ * It fills the missing console driver name and console index
+ * so that a later register_console() call could find (match)
+ * and enable this device.
+ *
+ * It might be used when a driver subsystem initializes particular
+ * devices with already known DEVNAME:0.0 style names. And it
+ * could predict which console driver name and index this device
+ * would later get associated with.
+ *
+ * Return: 0 on success, negative error code on failure.
+ */
+int match_devname_and_update_preferred_console(const char *devname,
+					       const char *name,
+					       const short idx)
+{
+	struct console_cmdline *c = console_cmdline;
+	int i;
+
+	if (!devname || !strlen(devname) || !name || !strlen(name) || idx < 0)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < MAX_CMDLINECONSOLES && (c->name[0] || c->devname[0]);
+	     i++, c++) {
+		if (!strcmp(devname, c->devname)) {
+			pr_info("associate the preferred console \"%s\" with \"%s%d\"\n",
+				devname, name, idx);
+			strscpy(c->name, name);
+			c->index = idx;
+			return 0;
+		}
+	}
+
+	return -ENOENT;
 }
 
 bool console_suspend_enabled = true;
@@ -3318,8 +3388,11 @@ static int try_enable_preferred_console(struct console *newcon,
 	int i, err;
 
 	for (i = 0, c = console_cmdline;
-	     i < MAX_CMDLINECONSOLES && c->name[0];
+	     i < MAX_CMDLINECONSOLES && (c->name[0] || c->devname[0]);
 	     i++, c++) {
+		/* Console not yet initialized? */
+		if (!c->name[0])
+			continue;
 		if (c->user_specified != user_specified)
 			continue;
 		if (!newcon->match ||