diff --git a/drivers/mtd/mtdcore.c b/drivers/mtd/mtdcore.c
index 9eb0680db312..6fafea80fd98 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/mtdcore.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/mtdcore.c
@@ -546,6 +546,66 @@ static int mtd_nvmem_add(struct mtd_info *mtd)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static void mtd_check_of_node(struct mtd_info *mtd)
+{
+	struct device_node *partitions, *parent_dn, *mtd_dn = NULL;
+	const char *pname, *prefix = "partition-";
+	int plen, mtd_name_len, offset, prefix_len;
+	struct mtd_info *parent;
+	bool found = false;
+
+	/* Check if MTD already has a device node */
+	if (dev_of_node(&mtd->dev))
+		return;
+
+	/* Check if a partitions node exist */
+	parent = mtd->parent;
+	parent_dn = dev_of_node(&parent->dev);
+	if (!parent_dn)
+		return;
+
+	partitions = of_get_child_by_name(parent_dn, "partitions");
+	if (!partitions)
+		goto exit_parent;
+
+	prefix_len = strlen(prefix);
+	mtd_name_len = strlen(mtd->name);
+
+	/* Search if a partition is defined with the same name */
+	for_each_child_of_node(partitions, mtd_dn) {
+		offset = 0;
+
+		/* Skip partition with no/wrong prefix */
+		if (!of_node_name_prefix(mtd_dn, "partition-"))
+			continue;
+
+		/* Label have priority. Check that first */
+		if (of_property_read_string(mtd_dn, "label", &pname)) {
+			of_property_read_string(mtd_dn, "name", &pname);
+			offset = prefix_len;
+		}
+
+		plen = strlen(pname) - offset;
+		if (plen == mtd_name_len &&
+		    !strncmp(mtd->name, pname + offset, plen)) {
+			found = true;
+			break;
+		}
+	}
+
+	if (!found)
+		goto exit_partitions;
+
+	/* Set of_node only for nvmem */
+	if (of_device_is_compatible(mtd_dn, "nvmem-cells"))
+		mtd_set_of_node(mtd, mtd_dn);
+
+exit_partitions:
+	of_node_put(partitions);
+exit_parent:
+	of_node_put(parent_dn);
+}
+
 /**
  *	add_mtd_device - register an MTD device
  *	@mtd: pointer to new MTD device info structure
@@ -658,6 +718,7 @@ int add_mtd_device(struct mtd_info *mtd)
 	mtd->dev.devt = MTD_DEVT(i);
 	dev_set_name(&mtd->dev, "mtd%d", i);
 	dev_set_drvdata(&mtd->dev, mtd);
+	mtd_check_of_node(mtd);
 	of_node_get(mtd_get_of_node(mtd));
 	error = device_register(&mtd->dev);
 	if (error)