diff --git a/src/console/Kconfig b/src/console/Kconfig
index e57d5686e7..7fbed4aafd 100644
--- a/src/console/Kconfig
+++ b/src/console/Kconfig
@@ -1,8 +1,12 @@
 menu "Console"
 
+config DEFAULT_EARLY_CONSOLE
+	bool
+	default n
+
 config EARLY_CONSOLE
 	bool "Enable early (pre-RAM) console output."
-	default n
+	default DEFAULT_EARLY_CONSOLE
 	help
 	  Use console during early (pre-RAM) boot stages
 
diff --git a/src/cpu/Kconfig b/src/cpu/Kconfig
index c2c3816a50..f60ffe7cce 100644
--- a/src/cpu/Kconfig
+++ b/src/cpu/Kconfig
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ source src/cpu/x86/Kconfig
 
 config CACHE_AS_RAM
 	bool
-	select EARLY_CONSOLE
+	select DEFAULT_EARLY_CONSOLE
 	default !ROMCC
 
 config DCACHE_RAM_BASE
diff --git a/src/cpu/samsung/Kconfig b/src/cpu/samsung/Kconfig
index c905b2af54..c2ee5b49d2 100644
--- a/src/cpu/samsung/Kconfig
+++ b/src/cpu/samsung/Kconfig
@@ -6,9 +6,7 @@ config CPU_SAMSUNG_EXYNOS5
 	depends on ARCH_ARMV7
 	select CPU_SAMSUNG_EXYNOS
 	select HAVE_UART_SPECIAL
-	# TODO remove EARLY_CONSOLE when we can run ramstage without early UART
-	# init.
-	select EARLY_CONSOLE
+	select DEFAULT_EARLY_CONSOLE
 	bool
 	default n