diff --git a/drivers/staging/vc04_services/interface/vchiq_arm/vchiq_arm.c b/drivers/staging/vc04_services/interface/vchiq_arm/vchiq_arm.c
index f85b9b932a4f4030d73f4a1ad6bd68c04eebf3a5..170a80e4fe46064713f91d5d919018763405ef88 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/vc04_services/interface/vchiq_arm/vchiq_arm.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/vc04_services/interface/vchiq_arm/vchiq_arm.c
@@ -2718,8 +2718,18 @@ vchiq_register_child(struct platform_device *pdev, const char *name)
 
 	child->dev.of_node = np;
 
+	/*
+	 * We want the dma-ranges etc to be copied from the parent VCHIQ device
+	 * to be passed on to the children without a node of their own.
+	 */
+	if (!np)
+		np = pdev->dev.of_node;
+
 	of_dma_configure(&child->dev, np, true);
 
+	if (np != pdev->dev.of_node)
+		of_node_put(np);
+
 	return child;
 }