diff --git a/drivers/of/base.c b/drivers/of/base.c
index ff85450d5683..ba195fbce4c6 100644
--- a/drivers/of/base.c
+++ b/drivers/of/base.c
@@ -734,42 +734,24 @@ static
 const struct of_device_id *__of_match_node(const struct of_device_id *matches,
 					   const struct device_node *node)
 {
-	const char *cp;
-	int cplen, l;
-
 	if (!matches)
 		return NULL;
 
-	cp = __of_get_property(node, "compatible", &cplen);
-	do {
-		const struct of_device_id *m = matches;
-
-		/* Check against matches with current compatible string */
-		while (m->name[0] || m->type[0] || m->compatible[0]) {
-			int match = 1;
-			if (m->name[0])
-				match &= node->name
-					&& !strcmp(m->name, node->name);
-			if (m->type[0])
-				match &= node->type
-					&& !strcmp(m->type, node->type);
-			if (m->compatible[0])
-				match &= cp
-					&& !of_compat_cmp(m->compatible, cp,
-							strlen(m->compatible));
-			if (match)
-				return m;
-			m++;
-		}
-
-		/* Get node's next compatible string */ 
-		if (cp) {
-			l = strlen(cp) + 1;
-			cp += l;
-			cplen -= l;
-		}
-	} while (cp && (cplen > 0));
-
+	while (matches->name[0] || matches->type[0] || matches->compatible[0]) {
+		int match = 1;
+		if (matches->name[0])
+			match &= node->name
+				&& !strcmp(matches->name, node->name);
+		if (matches->type[0])
+			match &= node->type
+				&& !strcmp(matches->type, node->type);
+		if (matches->compatible[0])
+			match &= __of_device_is_compatible(node,
+							   matches->compatible);
+		if (match)
+			return matches;
+		matches++;
+	}
 	return NULL;
 }
 
@@ -778,10 +760,7 @@ const struct of_device_id *__of_match_node(const struct of_device_id *matches,
  *	@matches:	array of of device match structures to search in
  *	@node:		the of device structure to match against
  *
- *	Low level utility function used by device matching. Matching order
- *	is to compare each of the node's compatibles with all given matches
- *	first. This implies node's compatible is sorted from specific to
- *	generic while matches can be in any order.
+ *	Low level utility function used by device matching.
  */
 const struct of_device_id *of_match_node(const struct of_device_id *matches,
 					 const struct device_node *node)