diff --git a/board/nvidia/seaboard/seaboard.c b/board/nvidia/seaboard/seaboard.c
index 25480e481d2dcc3c00f7055bed4e9b89cc242dc1..2d07001800e342a17e82666f48a4a7e1372ae458 100644
--- a/board/nvidia/seaboard/seaboard.c
+++ b/board/nvidia/seaboard/seaboard.c
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 void gpio_early_init_uart(void)
 {
 	/* Enable UART via GPIO_PI3 (port 8, bit 3) so serial console works */
-	gpio_request(GPIO_PI3, NULL);
+	gpio_request(GPIO_PI3, "uart_en");
 	gpio_direction_output(GPIO_PI3, 0);
 }
 #endif