diff --git a/drivers/of/base.c b/drivers/of/base.c
index 974d51269a0212..74b0a27dab9f40 100644
--- a/drivers/of/base.c
+++ b/drivers/of/base.c
@@ -773,10 +773,7 @@ static struct device_node *__of_find_node_by_path(struct device_node *parent,
 		return NULL;
 
 	__for_each_child_of_node(parent, child) {
-		const char *name = strrchr(child->full_name, '/');
-		if (WARN(!name, "malformed device_node %s\n", child->full_name))
-			continue;
-		name++;
+		const char *name = kbasename(child->full_name);
 		if (strncmp(path, name, len) == 0 && (strlen(name) == len))
 			return child;
 	}
diff --git a/drivers/of/platform.c b/drivers/of/platform.c
index 71fecc2debfc94..8f73413fa2430b 100644
--- a/drivers/of/platform.c
+++ b/drivers/of/platform.c
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ static void of_device_make_bus_id(struct device *dev)
 
 		/* format arguments only used if dev_name() resolves to NULL */
 		dev_set_name(dev, dev_name(dev) ? "%s:%s" : "%s",
-			     strrchr(node->full_name, '/') + 1, dev_name(dev));
+			     kbasename(node->full_name), dev_name(dev));
 		node = node->parent;
 	}
 }
diff --git a/drivers/of/resolver.c b/drivers/of/resolver.c
index 771f4844c781e7..63626d7d9adbfc 100644
--- a/drivers/of/resolver.c
+++ b/drivers/of/resolver.c
@@ -165,8 +165,8 @@ static int update_usages_of_a_phandle_reference(struct device_node *overlay,
 static int node_name_cmp(const struct device_node *dn1,
 		const struct device_node *dn2)
 {
-	const char *n1 = strrchr(dn1->full_name, '/') ? : "/";
-	const char *n2 = strrchr(dn2->full_name, '/') ? : "/";
+	const char *n1 = kbasename(dn1->full_name);
+	const char *n2 = kbasename(dn2->full_name);
 
 	return of_node_cmp(n1, n2);
 }