1 files changed, 3 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/arch/powerpc/boot/flatdevtree.c b/arch/powerpc/boot/flatdevtree.c
index 971420af08d..6c1877358ae 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/boot/flatdevtree.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/boot/flatdevtree.c
@@ -40,6 +40,9 @@ static void *ft_get_phandle(struct ft_cxt *cxt, char *node)
 {
         unsigned int i;
 
+        if (!node)
+                return NULL;
+
         for (i = 1; i < cxt->nodes_used; i++)   /* already there? */
                 if (cxt->node_tbl[i] == node)
                         return (void *)i;