diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/of_device.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/of_device.c
index 93ae5b169f4..f3c9cae01dd 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/of_device.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/of_device.c
@@ -78,7 +78,6 @@ struct of_device *of_device_alloc(struct device_node *np,
 	dev->dev.parent = parent;
 	dev->dev.release = of_release_dev;
 	dev->dev.archdata.of_node = np;
-	set_dev_node(&dev->dev, of_node_to_nid(np));
 
 	if (bus_id)
 		strlcpy(dev->dev.bus_id, bus_id, BUS_ID_SIZE);
diff --git a/drivers/of/device.c b/drivers/of/device.c
index 51e5214071d..224ae6bc67b 100644
--- a/drivers/of/device.c
+++ b/drivers/of/device.c
@@ -105,7 +105,16 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(of_release_dev);
 int of_device_register(struct of_device *ofdev)
 {
 	BUG_ON(ofdev->node == NULL);
-	return device_register(&ofdev->dev);
+
+	device_initialize(&ofdev->dev);
+
+	/* device_add will assume that this device is on the same node as
+	 * the parent. If there is no parent defined, set the node
+	 * explicitly */
+	if (!ofdev->dev.parent)
+		set_dev_node(&ofdev->dev, of_node_to_nid(ofdev->node));
+
+	return device_add(&ofdev->dev);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(of_device_register);