diff --git a/hw/omap.h b/hw/omap.h
index 18eb72b82f..fe32ca5c4c 100644
--- a/hw/omap.h
+++ b/hw/omap.h
@@ -664,10 +664,12 @@ void omap_synctimer_reset(struct omap_synctimer_s *s);
 struct omap_uart_s;
 struct omap_uart_s *omap_uart_init(target_phys_addr_t base,
                 qemu_irq irq, omap_clk fclk, omap_clk iclk,
-                qemu_irq txdma, qemu_irq rxdma, CharDriverState *chr);
+                qemu_irq txdma, qemu_irq rxdma,
+                const char *label, CharDriverState *chr);
 struct omap_uart_s *omap2_uart_init(struct omap_target_agent_s *ta,
                 qemu_irq irq, omap_clk fclk, omap_clk iclk,
-                qemu_irq txdma, qemu_irq rxdma, CharDriverState *chr);
+                qemu_irq txdma, qemu_irq rxdma,
+                const char *label, CharDriverState *chr);
 void omap_uart_reset(struct omap_uart_s *s);
 void omap_uart_attach(struct omap_uart_s *s, CharDriverState *chr);
 
diff --git a/hw/omap1.c b/hw/omap1.c
index 06370b6d34..1ee55147bb 100644
--- a/hw/omap1.c
+++ b/hw/omap1.c
@@ -3809,16 +3809,19 @@ struct omap_mpu_state_s *omap310_mpu_init(unsigned long sdram_size,
                     omap_findclk(s, "uart1_ck"),
                     omap_findclk(s, "uart1_ck"),
                     s->drq[OMAP_DMA_UART1_TX], s->drq[OMAP_DMA_UART1_RX],
+                    "uart1",
                     serial_hds[0]);
     s->uart[1] = omap_uart_init(0xfffb0800, s->irq[1][OMAP_INT_UART2],
                     omap_findclk(s, "uart2_ck"),
                     omap_findclk(s, "uart2_ck"),
                     s->drq[OMAP_DMA_UART2_TX], s->drq[OMAP_DMA_UART2_RX],
+                    "uart2",
                     serial_hds[0] ? serial_hds[1] : NULL);
     s->uart[2] = omap_uart_init(0xfffb9800, s->irq[0][OMAP_INT_UART3],
                     omap_findclk(s, "uart3_ck"),
                     omap_findclk(s, "uart3_ck"),
                     s->drq[OMAP_DMA_UART3_TX], s->drq[OMAP_DMA_UART3_RX],
+                    "uart3",
                     serial_hds[0] && serial_hds[1] ? serial_hds[2] : NULL);
 
     omap_dpll_init(&s->dpll[0], 0xfffecf00, omap_findclk(s, "dpll1"));
diff --git a/hw/omap2.c b/hw/omap2.c
index 179075e996..e35a56e043 100644
--- a/hw/omap2.c
+++ b/hw/omap2.c
@@ -2291,13 +2291,16 @@ struct omap_mpu_state_s *omap2420_mpu_init(unsigned long sdram_size,
                     omap_findclk(s, "uart1_fclk"),
                     omap_findclk(s, "uart1_iclk"),
                     s->drq[OMAP24XX_DMA_UART1_TX],
-                    s->drq[OMAP24XX_DMA_UART1_RX], serial_hds[0]);
+                    s->drq[OMAP24XX_DMA_UART1_RX],
+                    "uart1",
+                    serial_hds[0]);
     s->uart[1] = omap2_uart_init(omap_l4ta(s->l4, 20),
                     s->irq[0][OMAP_INT_24XX_UART2_IRQ],
                     omap_findclk(s, "uart2_fclk"),
                     omap_findclk(s, "uart2_iclk"),
                     s->drq[OMAP24XX_DMA_UART2_TX],
                     s->drq[OMAP24XX_DMA_UART2_RX],
+                    "uart2",
                     serial_hds[0] ? serial_hds[1] : NULL);
     s->uart[2] = omap2_uart_init(omap_l4ta(s->l4, 21),
                     s->irq[0][OMAP_INT_24XX_UART3_IRQ],
@@ -2305,6 +2308,7 @@ struct omap_mpu_state_s *omap2420_mpu_init(unsigned long sdram_size,
                     omap_findclk(s, "uart3_iclk"),
                     s->drq[OMAP24XX_DMA_UART3_TX],
                     s->drq[OMAP24XX_DMA_UART3_RX],
+                    "uart3",
                     serial_hds[0] && serial_hds[1] ? serial_hds[2] : NULL);
 
     s->gptimer[0] = omap_gp_timer_init(omap_l4ta(s->l4, 7),
diff --git a/hw/omap_uart.c b/hw/omap_uart.c
index 395bf0ccbb..cc66cd9d94 100644
--- a/hw/omap_uart.c
+++ b/hw/omap_uart.c
@@ -51,7 +51,8 @@ void omap_uart_reset(struct omap_uart_s *s)
 
 struct omap_uart_s *omap_uart_init(target_phys_addr_t base,
                 qemu_irq irq, omap_clk fclk, omap_clk iclk,
-                qemu_irq txdma, qemu_irq rxdma, CharDriverState *chr)
+                qemu_irq txdma, qemu_irq rxdma,
+                const char *label, CharDriverState *chr)
 {
     struct omap_uart_s *s = (struct omap_uart_s *)
             qemu_mallocz(sizeof(struct omap_uart_s));
@@ -61,11 +62,11 @@ struct omap_uart_s *omap_uart_init(target_phys_addr_t base,
     s->irq = irq;
 #ifdef TARGET_WORDS_BIGENDIAN
     s->serial = serial_mm_init(base, 2, irq, omap_clk_getrate(fclk)/16,
-                               chr ?: qemu_chr_open("null", "null", NULL), 1,
+                               chr ?: qemu_chr_open(label, "null", NULL), 1,
                                1);
 #else
     s->serial = serial_mm_init(base, 2, irq, omap_clk_getrate(fclk)/16,
-                               chr ?: qemu_chr_open("null", "null", NULL), 1,
+                               chr ?: qemu_chr_open(label, "null", NULL), 1,
                                0);
 #endif
     return s;
@@ -162,11 +163,12 @@ static CPUWriteMemoryFunc * const omap_uart_writefn[] = {
 
 struct omap_uart_s *omap2_uart_init(struct omap_target_agent_s *ta,
                 qemu_irq irq, omap_clk fclk, omap_clk iclk,
-                qemu_irq txdma, qemu_irq rxdma, CharDriverState *chr)
+                qemu_irq txdma, qemu_irq rxdma,
+                const char *label, CharDriverState *chr)
 {
     target_phys_addr_t base = omap_l4_attach(ta, 0, 0);
     struct omap_uart_s *s = omap_uart_init(base, irq,
-                    fclk, iclk, txdma, rxdma, chr);
+                    fclk, iclk, txdma, rxdma, label, chr);
     int iomemtype = cpu_register_io_memory(omap_uart_readfn,
                     omap_uart_writefn, s);