diff --git a/drivers/console/uart_console.c b/drivers/console/uart_console.c
index 4b194b2a1b4..5c105857d0f 100644
--- a/drivers/console/uart_console.c
+++ b/drivers/console/uart_console.c
@@ -597,7 +597,10 @@ static int uart_console_init(const struct device *arg)
 	ARG_UNUSED(arg);
 
 	/* Claim console device */
-	uart_console_dev = device_get_binding(CONFIG_UART_CONSOLE_ON_DEV_NAME);
+	uart_console_dev = DEVICE_DT_GET(DT_CHOSEN(zephyr_console));
+	if (!device_is_ready(uart_console_dev)) {
+		return -ENODEV;
+	}
 
 	uart_console_hook_install();
 
diff --git a/subsys/console/getchar.c b/subsys/console/getchar.c
index f9434f5f09b..69b9433e4f9 100644
--- a/subsys/console/getchar.c
+++ b/subsys/console/getchar.c
@@ -52,7 +52,11 @@ int console_init(void)
 	const struct device *uart_dev;
 	int ret;
 
-	uart_dev = device_get_binding(CONFIG_UART_CONSOLE_ON_DEV_NAME);
+	uart_dev = DEVICE_DT_GET(DT_CHOSEN(zephyr_console));
+	if (!device_is_ready(uart_dev)) {
+		return -ENODEV;
+	}
+
 	ret = tty_init(&console_serial, uart_dev);
 
 	if (ret) {
diff --git a/subsys/logging/log_backend_uart.c b/subsys/logging/log_backend_uart.c
index c4530502c02..a6c3d3b7286 100644
--- a/subsys/logging/log_backend_uart.c
+++ b/subsys/logging/log_backend_uart.c
@@ -75,8 +75,8 @@ static void process(const struct log_backend *const backend,
 
 static void log_backend_uart_init(struct log_backend const *const backend)
 {
-	uart_dev = device_get_binding(CONFIG_UART_CONSOLE_ON_DEV_NAME);
-	__ASSERT_NO_MSG((void *)uart_dev);
+	uart_dev = DEVICE_DT_GET(DT_CHOSEN(zephyr_console));
+	__ASSERT_NO_MSG(device_is_ready(uart_dev));
 
 	if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_LOG_BACKEND_UART_OUTPUT_DICTIONARY_HEX)) {
 		/* Print a separator so the output can be fed into