diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-tty b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-tty
index 9eb3c2b6b040..e157130a6792 100644
--- a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-tty
+++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-tty
@@ -154,3 +154,10 @@ Description:
 		 device specification. For example, when user sets 7bytes on
 		 16550A, which has 1/4/8/14 bytes trigger, the RX trigger is
 		 automatically changed to 4 bytes.
+
+What:		/sys/class/tty/ttyS0/console
+Date:		February 2020
+Contact:	Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com>
+Description:
+		 Allows user to detach or attach back the given device as
+		 kernel console. It shows and accepts a boolean variable.
diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/serial_core.c b/drivers/tty/serial/serial_core.c
index 38ef6afddce8..66a5e2faf57e 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/serial/serial_core.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/serial/serial_core.c
@@ -1922,7 +1922,7 @@ static inline bool uart_console_enabled(struct uart_port *port)
  */
 static inline void uart_port_spin_lock_init(struct uart_port *port)
 {
-	if (uart_console_enabled(port))
+	if (uart_console(port))
 		return;
 
 	spin_lock_init(&port->lock);
@@ -2751,6 +2751,56 @@ static ssize_t iomem_reg_shift_show(struct device *dev,
 	return snprintf(buf, PAGE_SIZE, "%d\n", tmp.iomem_reg_shift);
 }
 
+static ssize_t console_show(struct device *dev,
+	struct device_attribute *attr, char *buf)
+{
+	struct tty_port *port = dev_get_drvdata(dev);
+	struct uart_state *state = container_of(port, struct uart_state, port);
+	struct uart_port *uport;
+	bool console = false;
+
+	mutex_lock(&port->mutex);
+	uport = uart_port_check(state);
+	if (uport)
+		console = uart_console_enabled(uport);
+	mutex_unlock(&port->mutex);
+
+	return sprintf(buf, "%c\n", console ? 'Y' : 'N');
+}
+
+static ssize_t console_store(struct device *dev,
+	struct device_attribute *attr, const char *buf, size_t count)
+{
+	struct tty_port *port = dev_get_drvdata(dev);
+	struct uart_state *state = container_of(port, struct uart_state, port);
+	struct uart_port *uport;
+	bool oldconsole, newconsole;
+	int ret;
+
+	ret = kstrtobool(buf, &newconsole);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
+
+	mutex_lock(&port->mutex);
+	uport = uart_port_check(state);
+	if (uport) {
+		oldconsole = uart_console_enabled(uport);
+		if (oldconsole && !newconsole) {
+			ret = unregister_console(uport->cons);
+		} else if (!oldconsole && newconsole) {
+			if (uart_console(uport))
+				register_console(uport->cons);
+			else
+				ret = -ENOENT;
+		}
+	} else {
+		ret = -ENXIO;
+	}
+	mutex_unlock(&port->mutex);
+
+	return ret < 0 ? ret : count;
+}
+
 static DEVICE_ATTR_RO(uartclk);
 static DEVICE_ATTR_RO(type);
 static DEVICE_ATTR_RO(line);
@@ -2764,6 +2814,7 @@ static DEVICE_ATTR_RO(custom_divisor);
 static DEVICE_ATTR_RO(io_type);
 static DEVICE_ATTR_RO(iomem_base);
 static DEVICE_ATTR_RO(iomem_reg_shift);
+static DEVICE_ATTR_RW(console);
 
 static struct attribute *tty_dev_attrs[] = {
 	&dev_attr_uartclk.attr,
@@ -2779,12 +2830,13 @@ static struct attribute *tty_dev_attrs[] = {
 	&dev_attr_io_type.attr,
 	&dev_attr_iomem_base.attr,
 	&dev_attr_iomem_reg_shift.attr,
-	NULL,
-	};
+	&dev_attr_console.attr,
+	NULL
+};
 
 static const struct attribute_group tty_dev_attr_group = {
 	.attrs = tty_dev_attrs,
-	};
+};
 
 /**
  *	uart_add_one_port - attach a driver-defined port structure