struct of_phandle_args dma_spec;
 
        const u32 *of_serial_dir32;
-       u8 *of_serial_dir;
        u32 val;
        int i, ret = 0;
 
                pdata->tdm_slots = val;
        }
 
-       ret = of_property_read_u32(np, "num-serializer", &val);
-       if (ret >= 0)
-               pdata->num_serializer = val;
-
        of_serial_dir32 = of_get_property(np, "serial-dir", &val);
        val /= sizeof(u32);
-       if (val != pdata->num_serializer) {
-               dev_err(&pdev->dev,
-                               "num-serializer(%d) != serial-dir size(%d)\n",
-                               pdata->num_serializer, val);
-               ret = -EINVAL;
-               goto nodata;
-       }
-
        if (of_serial_dir32) {
-               of_serial_dir = devm_kzalloc(&pdev->dev,
-                                               (sizeof(*of_serial_dir) * val),
-                                               GFP_KERNEL);
+               u8 *of_serial_dir = devm_kzalloc(&pdev->dev,
+                                                (sizeof(*of_serial_dir) * val),
+                                                GFP_KERNEL);
                if (!of_serial_dir) {
                        ret = -ENOMEM;
                        goto nodata;
                }
 
-               for (i = 0; i < pdata->num_serializer; i++)
+               for (i = 0; i < val; i++)
                        of_serial_dir[i] = be32_to_cpup(&of_serial_dir32[i]);
 
+               pdata->num_serializer = val;
                pdata->serial_dir = of_serial_dir;
        }