diff --git a/drivers/of/platform.c b/drivers/of/platform.c
index 7c6771986c06..656cccf0e680 100644
--- a/drivers/of/platform.c
+++ b/drivers/of/platform.c
@@ -500,6 +500,7 @@ int of_platform_populate(struct device_node *root,
 		if (rc)
 			break;
 	}
+	of_node_set_flag(root, OF_POPULATED_BUS);
 
 	of_node_put(root);
 	return rc;
@@ -542,7 +543,10 @@ static int of_platform_device_destroy(struct device *dev, void *data)
  */
 void of_platform_depopulate(struct device *parent)
 {
-	device_for_each_child(parent, NULL, of_platform_device_destroy);
+	if (parent->of_node && of_node_check_flag(parent->of_node, OF_POPULATED_BUS)) {
+		device_for_each_child(parent, NULL, of_platform_device_destroy);
+		of_node_clear_flag(parent->of_node, OF_POPULATED_BUS);
+	}
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(of_platform_depopulate);