diff --git a/drivers/spi/spi.c b/drivers/spi/spi.c
index a0a232669dc1..8553e7d48f66 100644
--- a/drivers/spi/spi.c
+++ b/drivers/spi/spi.c
@@ -363,6 +363,10 @@ static int spi_uevent(struct device *dev, struct kobj_uevent_env *env)
 	const struct spi_device		*spi = to_spi_device(dev);
 	int rc;
 
+	rc = of_device_uevent_modalias(dev, env);
+	if (rc != -ENODEV)
+		return rc;
+
 	rc = acpi_device_uevent_modalias(dev, env);
 	if (rc != -ENODEV)
 		return rc;