1 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/of/base.c b/drivers/of/base.c
index 6d4ee22708c9..32e969d95319 100644
--- a/drivers/of/base.c
+++ b/drivers/of/base.c
@@ -1831,6 +1831,10 @@ int of_update_property(struct device_node *np, struct property *newprop)
         if (!found)
                 return -ENODEV;
 
+        /* At early boot, bail out and defer setup to of_init() */
+        if (!of_kset)
+                return found ? 0 : -ENODEV;
+
         /* Update the sysfs attribute */
         sysfs_remove_bin_file(&np->kobj, &oldprop->attr);
         __of_add_property_sysfs(np, newprop);