diff --git a/arch/arm/plat-mxc/include/mach/debug-macro.S b/arch/arm/plat-mxc/include/mach/debug-macro.S
index 91fc7cd..8cf8dee 100644
--- a/arch/arm/plat-mxc/include/mach/debug-macro.S
+++ b/arch/arm/plat-mxc/include/mach/debug-macro.S
@@ -44,6 +44,14 @@
 #define UART_PADDR	MX51_UART1_BASE_ADDR
 #endif
 
+#if defined(CONFIG_SOC_IMX50) || defined(CONFIG_SOC_IMX53)
+#ifdef UART_PADDR
+#error "CONFIG_DEBUG_LL is incompatible with multiple archs"
+#endif
+/* i.MX50 gets the same UART1 base address as i.MX53 */
+#define UART_PADDR	MX53_UART1_BASE_ADDR
+#endif
+
 #define UART_VADDR	IMX_IO_ADDRESS(UART_PADDR)
 
 		.macro	addruart, rp, rv