diff --git a/drivers/of/pdt.c b/drivers/of/pdt.c
index 28295d0a50f64b919e4d43e1e8e73307f04a4683..4d87b5dc92843525c162ab3222d1c50191c45aa2 100644
--- a/drivers/of/pdt.c
+++ b/drivers/of/pdt.c
@@ -36,19 +36,55 @@ unsigned int of_pdt_unique_id __initdata;
 	(p)->unique_id = of_pdt_unique_id++; \
 } while (0)
 
-static inline const char *of_pdt_node_name(struct device_node *dp)
+static char * __init of_pdt_build_full_name(struct device_node *dp)
 {
-	return dp->path_component_name;
+	int len, ourlen, plen;
+	char *n;
+
+	dp->path_component_name = build_path_component(dp);
+
+	plen = strlen(dp->parent->full_name);
+	ourlen = strlen(dp->path_component_name);
+	len = ourlen + plen + 2;
+
+	n = prom_early_alloc(len);
+	strcpy(n, dp->parent->full_name);
+	if (!of_node_is_root(dp->parent)) {
+		strcpy(n + plen, "/");
+		plen++;
+	}
+	strcpy(n + plen, dp->path_component_name);
+
+	return n;
 }
 
-#else
+#else /* CONFIG_SPARC */
 
 static inline void of_pdt_incr_unique_id(void *p) { }
 static inline void irq_trans_init(struct device_node *dp) { }
 
-static inline const char *of_pdt_node_name(struct device_node *dp)
+static char * __init of_pdt_build_full_name(struct device_node *dp)
 {
-	return dp->name;
+	static int failsafe_id = 0; /* for generating unique names on failure */
+	char *buf;
+	int len;
+
+	if (of_pdt_prom_ops->pkg2path(dp->phandle, NULL, 0, &len))
+		goto failsafe;
+
+	buf = prom_early_alloc(len + 1);
+	if (of_pdt_prom_ops->pkg2path(dp->phandle, buf, len, &len))
+		goto failsafe;
+	return buf;
+
+ failsafe:
+	buf = prom_early_alloc(strlen(dp->parent->full_name) +
+			       strlen(dp->name) + 16);
+	sprintf(buf, "%s/%s@unknown%i",
+		of_node_is_root(dp->parent) ? "" : dp->parent->full_name,
+		dp->name, failsafe_id++);
+	pr_err("%s: pkg2path failed; assigning %s\n", __func__, buf);
+	return buf;
 }
 
 #endif /* !CONFIG_SPARC */
@@ -132,47 +168,6 @@ static char * __init of_pdt_get_one_property(phandle node, const char *name)
 	return buf;
 }
 
-static char * __init of_pdt_try_pkg2path(phandle node)
-{
-	char *res, *buf = NULL;
-	int len;
-
-	if (!of_pdt_prom_ops->pkg2path)
-		return NULL;
-
-	if (of_pdt_prom_ops->pkg2path(node, buf, 0, &len))
-		return NULL;
-	buf = prom_early_alloc(len + 1);
-	if (of_pdt_prom_ops->pkg2path(node, buf, len, &len)) {
-		pr_err("%s: package-to-path failed\n", __func__);
-		return NULL;
-	}
-
-	res = strrchr(buf, '/');
-	if (!res) {
-		pr_err("%s: couldn't find / in %s\n", __func__, buf);
-		return NULL;
-	}
-	return res+1;
-}
-
-/*
- * When fetching the node's name, first try using package-to-path; if
- * that fails (either because the arch hasn't supplied a PROM callback,
- * or some other random failure), fall back to just looking at the node's
- * 'name' property.
- */
-static char * __init of_pdt_build_name(phandle node)
-{
-	char *buf;
-
-	buf = of_pdt_try_pkg2path(node);
-	if (!buf)
-		buf = of_pdt_get_one_property(node, "name");
-
-	return buf;
-}
-
 static struct device_node * __init of_pdt_create_node(phandle node,
 						    struct device_node *parent)
 {
@@ -187,7 +182,7 @@ static struct device_node * __init of_pdt_create_node(phandle node,
 
 	kref_init(&dp->kref);
 
-	dp->name = of_pdt_build_name(node);
+	dp->name = of_pdt_get_one_property(node, "name");
 	dp->type = of_pdt_get_one_property(node, "device_type");
 	dp->phandle = node;
 
@@ -198,26 +193,6 @@ static struct device_node * __init of_pdt_create_node(phandle node,
 	return dp;
 }
 
-static char * __init of_pdt_build_full_name(struct device_node *dp)
-{
-	int len, ourlen, plen;
-	char *n;
-
-	plen = strlen(dp->parent->full_name);
-	ourlen = strlen(of_pdt_node_name(dp));
-	len = ourlen + plen + 2;
-
-	n = prom_early_alloc(len);
-	strcpy(n, dp->parent->full_name);
-	if (!of_node_is_root(dp->parent)) {
-		strcpy(n + plen, "/");
-		plen++;
-	}
-	strcpy(n + plen, of_pdt_node_name(dp));
-
-	return n;
-}
-
 static struct device_node * __init of_pdt_build_tree(struct device_node *parent,
 						   phandle node,
 						   struct device_node ***nextp)
@@ -240,9 +215,6 @@ static struct device_node * __init of_pdt_build_tree(struct device_node *parent,
 		*(*nextp) = dp;
 		*nextp = &dp->allnext;
 
-#if defined(CONFIG_SPARC)
-		dp->path_component_name = build_path_component(dp);
-#endif
 		dp->full_name = of_pdt_build_full_name(dp);
 
 		dp->child = of_pdt_build_tree(dp,