diff --git a/drivers/of/base.c b/drivers/of/base.c
index d9bfd49b193503f61977a7a1c253e0a981ba07b1..eada3f4ef80100de1e0c3f8f2a236acff6e662a2 100644
--- a/drivers/of/base.c
+++ b/drivers/of/base.c
@@ -511,6 +511,22 @@ struct device_node *of_find_node_with_property(struct device_node *from,
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(of_find_node_with_property);
 
+static const struct of_device_id *of_match_compat(const struct of_device_id *matches,
+						  const char *compat)
+{
+	while (matches->name[0] || matches->type[0] || matches->compatible[0]) {
+		const char *cp = matches->compatible;
+		int len = strlen(cp);
+
+		if (len > 0 && of_compat_cmp(compat, cp, len) == 0)
+			return matches;
+
+		matches++;
+	}
+
+	return NULL;
+}
+
 /**
  * of_match_node - Tell if an device_node has a matching of_match structure
  *	@matches:	array of of device match structures to search in
@@ -521,9 +537,18 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(of_find_node_with_property);
 const struct of_device_id *of_match_node(const struct of_device_id *matches,
 					 const struct device_node *node)
 {
+	struct property *prop;
+	const char *cp;
+
 	if (!matches)
 		return NULL;
 
+	of_property_for_each_string(node, "compatible", prop, cp) {
+		const struct of_device_id *match = of_match_compat(matches, cp);
+		if (match)
+			return match;
+	}
+
 	while (matches->name[0] || matches->type[0] || matches->compatible[0]) {
 		int match = 1;
 		if (matches->name[0])
@@ -532,10 +557,7 @@ const struct of_device_id *of_match_node(const struct of_device_id *matches,
 		if (matches->type[0])
 			match &= node->type
 				&& !strcmp(matches->type, node->type);
-		if (matches->compatible[0])
-			match &= of_device_is_compatible(node,
-						matches->compatible);
-		if (match)
+		if (match && !matches->compatible[0])
 			return matches;
 		matches++;
 	}