1 files changed, 12 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/arch/powerpc/boot/flatdevtree.c b/arch/powerpc/boot/flatdevtree.c
index f6e37c2ee4dd..d00fbd92a458 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/boot/flatdevtree.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/boot/flatdevtree.c
@@ -961,19 +961,26 @@ int ft_del_prop(struct ft_cxt *cxt, const void *phandle, const char *propname)
         return -1;
 }
 
-void *ft_create_node(struct ft_cxt *cxt, const void *parent, const char *path)
+void *ft_create_node(struct ft_cxt *cxt, const void *parent, const char *name)
 {
         struct ft_atom atom;
         char *p, *next;
         int depth = 0;
 
-        p = ft_root_node(cxt);
+        if (parent) {
+                p = ft_node_ph2node(cxt, parent);
+                if (!p)
+                        return NULL;
+        } else {
+                p = ft_root_node(cxt);
+        }
+
         while ((next = ft_next(cxt, p, &atom)) != NULL) {
                 switch (atom.tag) {
                 case OF_DT_BEGIN_NODE:
                         ++depth;
-                        if (depth == 1 && strcmp(atom.name, path) == 0)
-                                /* duplicate node path, return error */
+                        if (depth == 1 && strcmp(atom.name, name) == 0)
+                                /* duplicate node name, return error */
                                 return NULL;
                         break;
                 case OF_DT_END_NODE:
@@ -982,7 +989,7 @@ void *ft_create_node(struct ft_cxt *cxt, const void *parent, const char *path)
                                 break;
                         /* end of node, insert here */
                         cxt->p = p;
-                        ft_begin_node(cxt, path);
+                        ft_begin_node(cxt, name);
                         ft_end_node(cxt);
                         return p;
                 }