diff --git a/drivers/of/overlay.c b/drivers/of/overlay.c
index 50bbe0edf538022c2f9f2f13546499fe4addf643..7e585d201ba03562802092aef292f76e32b11909 100644
--- a/drivers/of/overlay.c
+++ b/drivers/of/overlay.c
@@ -245,6 +245,8 @@ static struct property *dup_and_fixup_symbol_prop(
 	if (!target_path)
 		return NULL;
 	target_path_len = strlen(target_path);
+	if (!strcmp(target_path, "/"))
+		target_path_len = 0;
 
 	new_prop = kzalloc(sizeof(*new_prop), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!new_prop)