diff --git a/drivers/of/platform.c b/drivers/of/platform.c
index a54ec1087fd2273fb4d89054918dbee0bf0558d8..b0d50d70a8a1d4772cae2075223959406059ea10 100644
--- a/drivers/of/platform.c
+++ b/drivers/of/platform.c
@@ -566,6 +566,10 @@ static int of_platform_notify(struct notifier_block *nb,
 		if (!of_node_check_flag(rd->dn->parent, OF_POPULATED_BUS))
 			return NOTIFY_OK;	/* not for us */
 
+		/* already populated? (driver using of_populate manually) */
+		if (of_node_check_flag(rd->dn, OF_POPULATED))
+			return NOTIFY_OK;
+
 		/* pdev_parent may be NULL when no bus platform device */
 		pdev_parent = of_find_device_by_node(rd->dn->parent);
 		pdev = of_platform_device_create(rd->dn, NULL,
@@ -581,6 +585,11 @@ static int of_platform_notify(struct notifier_block *nb,
 		break;
 
 	case OF_RECONFIG_CHANGE_REMOVE:
+
+		/* already depopulated? */
+		if (!of_node_check_flag(rd->dn, OF_POPULATED))
+			return NOTIFY_OK;
+
 		/* find our device by node */
 		pdev = of_find_device_by_node(rd->dn);
 		if (pdev == NULL)