diff --git a/drivers/devfreq/devfreq-event.c b/drivers/devfreq/devfreq-event.c
index 6765c03334bc..f041edccd107 100644
--- a/drivers/devfreq/devfreq-event.c
+++ b/drivers/devfreq/devfreq-event.c
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ struct devfreq_event_dev *devfreq_event_get_edev_by_phandle(struct device *dev,
 
 	mutex_lock(&devfreq_event_list_lock);
 	list_for_each_entry(edev, &devfreq_event_list, node) {
-		if (edev->dev.parent && edev->dev.parent->of_node == node)
+		if (edev->dev.parent && device_match_of_node(edev->dev.parent, node))
 			goto out;
 	}