diff --git a/config/bootscripts/boot-sunxi.cmd b/config/bootscripts/boot-sunxi.cmd
index e5c93ec39d..78bf7839db 100644
--- a/config/bootscripts/boot-sunxi.cmd
+++ b/config/bootscripts/boot-sunxi.cmd
@@ -28,8 +28,8 @@ fi
 
 if test "${logo}" = "disabled"; then setenv logo "logo.nologo"; fi
 
-if test "${console}" = "display" || test "${console}" = "both"; then setenv consoleargs "console=tty1"; fi
-if test "${console}" = "serial" || test "${console}" = "both"; then setenv consoleargs "${consoleargs} console=ttyS0,115200"; fi
+if test "${console}" = "display" || test "${console}" = "both"; then setenv consoleargs "console=ttyS0,115200 console=tty1"; fi
+if test "${console}" = "serial"; then setenv consoleargs "console=ttyS0,115200"; fi
 
 # get PARTUUID of first partition on SD/eMMC it was loaded from
 # mmc 0 is always mapped to device u-boot (2016.09+) was loaded from