diff --git a/drivers/of/partition.c b/drivers/of/partition.c
index 8c2aef232..a5f29542f 100644
--- a/drivers/of/partition.c
+++ b/drivers/of/partition.c
@@ -64,8 +64,8 @@ struct cdev *of_parse_partition(struct cdev *cdev, struct device_node *node)
 	if (IS_ERR(new))
 		new = NULL;
 
-	if (new)
-		new->device_node = node;;
+	if (new && new->dev && !new->dev->device_node)
+		new->dev->device_node = node;
 
 	free(filename);