diff --git a/drivers/of/base.c b/drivers/of/base.c
index f807d0edabf320..8d007d8b8c780e 100644
--- a/drivers/of/base.c
+++ b/drivers/of/base.c
@@ -731,24 +731,42 @@ 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;
 
-	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++;
-	}
+	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));
+
 	return NULL;
 }
 
@@ -757,7 +775,10 @@ 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.
+ *	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.
  */
 const struct of_device_id *of_match_node(const struct of_device_id *matches,
 					 const struct device_node *node)