diff --git a/sys/dev/uart/uart_cpu_acpi.h b/sys/dev/uart/uart_cpu_acpi.h
--- a/sys/dev/uart/uart_cpu_acpi.h
+++ b/sys/dev/uart/uart_cpu_acpi.h
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@
 #define UART_ACPI_CLASS(data)				\
 	DATA_SET(uart_acpi_class_set, data)
 
-/* Try to initialize UART device from SPCR data. */
-int uart_cpu_acpi_spcr(int devtype, struct uart_devinfo *di);
+/* Try to initialize UART device from ACPI tables */
+int uart_cpu_acpi_setup(int devtype, struct uart_devinfo *di);
 
 #endif /* _DEV_UART_CPU_ACPI_H_ */
diff --git a/sys/dev/uart/uart_cpu_acpi.c b/sys/dev/uart/uart_cpu_acpi.c
--- a/sys/dev/uart/uart_cpu_acpi.c
+++ b/sys/dev/uart/uart_cpu_acpi.c
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@
 	return (0);
 }
 
-int
+static int
 uart_cpu_acpi_spcr(int devtype, struct uart_devinfo *di)
 {
 	vm_paddr_t spcr_physaddr;
@@ -147,10 +147,6 @@
 	struct uart_class *class;
 	int error = ENXIO;
 
-	/* SPCR only tells us about consoles. */
-	if (devtype != UART_DEV_CONSOLE)
-		return (error);
-
 	/* Look for the SPCR table. */
 	spcr_physaddr = acpi_find_table(ACPI_SIG_SPCR);
 	if (spcr_physaddr == 0)
@@ -213,3 +209,13 @@
 	acpi_unmap_table(spcr);
 	return (error);
 }
+
+int
+uart_cpu_acpi_setup(int devtype, struct uart_devinfo *di)
+{
+	switch(devtype) {
+	case UART_DEV_CONSOLE:
+		return (uart_cpu_acpi_spcr(devtype, di));
+	}
+	return (ENXIO);
+}
diff --git a/sys/dev/uart/uart_cpu_arm64.c b/sys/dev/uart/uart_cpu_arm64.c
--- a/sys/dev/uart/uart_cpu_arm64.c
+++ b/sys/dev/uart/uart_cpu_arm64.c
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@
 
 #ifdef DEV_ACPI
 	/* Check if SPCR can tell us what console to use. */
-	if (uart_cpu_acpi_spcr(devtype, di) == 0)
+	if (uart_cpu_acpi_setup(devtype, di) == 0)
 		return (0);
 #endif
 #ifdef FDT
diff --git a/sys/dev/uart/uart_cpu_x86.c b/sys/dev/uart/uart_cpu_x86.c
--- a/sys/dev/uart/uart_cpu_x86.c
+++ b/sys/dev/uart/uart_cpu_x86.c
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@
 	 * !late_console, we haven't set up our own page tables yet, so we
 	 * can't map ACPI tables to look at them.
 	 */
-	if (late_console && uart_cpu_acpi_spcr(devtype, di) == 0)
+	if (late_console && uart_cpu_acpi_setup(devtype, di) == 0)
 		return (0);
 #endif