diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mtd/partition.txt b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mtd/partition.txt
index f1e2a02381a498a8f94e379870a8dcb1d2dec4ca..1c63e40659fcaada93e54ec81e8a12f62dca1f83 100644
--- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mtd/partition.txt
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mtd/partition.txt
@@ -6,7 +6,9 @@ used for what purposes, but which don't use an on-flash partition table such
 as RedBoot.
 
 The partition table should be a subnode of the mtd node and should be named
-'partitions'. Partitions are defined in subnodes of the partitions node.
+'partitions'. This node should have the following property:
+- compatible : (required) must be "fixed-partitions"
+Partitions are then defined in subnodes of the partitions node.
 
 For backwards compatibility partitions as direct subnodes of the mtd device are
 supported. This use is discouraged.
@@ -36,6 +38,7 @@ Examples:
 
 flash@0 {
 	partitions {
+		compatible = "fixed-partitions";
 		#address-cells = <1>;
 		#size-cells = <1>;
 
@@ -53,6 +56,7 @@ flash@0 {
 
 flash@1 {
 	partitions {
+		compatible = "fixed-partitions";
 		#address-cells = <1>;
 		#size-cells = <2>;
 
@@ -66,6 +70,7 @@ flash@1 {
 
 flash@2 {
 	partitions {
+		compatible = "fixed-partitions";
 		#address-cells = <2>;
 		#size-cells = <2>;
 
diff --git a/drivers/mtd/ofpart.c b/drivers/mtd/ofpart.c
index 669c3452f278fb0e365570872893855c9ce21e2c..9ed6038e47d210df74ec678de7cf8220797bf815 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/ofpart.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/ofpart.c
@@ -46,10 +46,18 @@ static int parse_ofpart_partitions(struct mtd_info *master,
 
 	ofpart_node = of_get_child_by_name(mtd_node, "partitions");
 	if (!ofpart_node) {
-		pr_warn("%s: 'partitions' subnode not found on %s. Trying to parse direct subnodes as partitions.\n",
-			master->name, mtd_node->full_name);
+		/*
+		 * We might get here even when ofpart isn't used at all (e.g.,
+		 * when using another parser), so don't be louder than
+		 * KERN_DEBUG
+		 */
+		pr_debug("%s: 'partitions' subnode not found on %s. Trying to parse direct subnodes as partitions.\n",
+			 master->name, mtd_node->full_name);
 		ofpart_node = mtd_node;
 		dedicated = false;
+	} else if (!of_device_is_compatible(ofpart_node, "fixed-partitions")) {
+		/* The 'partitions' subnode might be used by another parser */
+		return 0;
 	}
 
 	/* First count the subnodes */