--- a/arch/arm/boot/compressed/atags_to_fdt.c +++ b/arch/arm/boot/compressed/atags_to_fdt.c @@ -15,7 +15,8 @@ static int node_offset(void *fdt, const { int offset = fdt_path_offset(fdt, node_path); if (offset == -FDT_ERR_NOTFOUND) - offset = fdt_add_subnode(fdt, 0, node_path); + /* Add the node to root if not found, dropping the leading '/' */ + offset = fdt_add_subnode(fdt, 0, node_path + 1); return offset; }