diff --git a/drivers/of/dynamic.c b/drivers/of/dynamic.c
index 2d452be1200b..7c095bffef3a 100644
--- a/drivers/of/dynamic.c
+++ b/drivers/of/dynamic.c
@@ -272,15 +272,16 @@ struct property *__of_prop_dup(const struct property *prop, gfp_t allocflags)
 }
 
 /**
- * __of_node_alloc() - Create an empty device node dynamically.
- * @full_name:	Full name of the new device node
+ * __of_node_dup() - Duplicate or create an empty device node dynamically.
+ * @fmt: Format string (plus vargs) for new full name of the device node
  *
- * Create an empty device tree node, suitable for further modification.
- * The node data are dynamically allocated and all the node flags
- * have the OF_DYNAMIC & OF_DETACHED bits set.
- * Returns the newly allocated node or NULL on out of memory error.
+ * Create an device tree node, either by duplicating an empty node or by allocating
+ * an empty one suitable for further modification.  The node data are
+ * dynamically allocated and all the node flags have the OF_DYNAMIC &
+ * OF_DETACHED bits set. Returns the newly allocated node or NULL on out of
+ * memory error.
  */
-struct device_node *__of_node_alloc(const char *fmt, ...)
+struct device_node *__of_node_dup(const struct device_node *np, const char *fmt, ...)
 {
 	va_list vargs;
 	struct device_node *node;
@@ -291,17 +292,34 @@ struct device_node *__of_node_alloc(const char *fmt, ...)
 	va_start(vargs, fmt);
 	node->full_name = kvasprintf(GFP_KERNEL, fmt, vargs);
 	va_end(vargs);
-	if (!node->full_name)
-		goto err_free;
+	if (!node->full_name) {
+		kfree(node);
+		return NULL;
+	}
 
 	of_node_set_flag(node, OF_DYNAMIC);
 	of_node_set_flag(node, OF_DETACHED);
 	of_node_init(node);
 
+	/* Iterate over and duplicate all properties */
+	if (np) {
+		struct property *pp, *new_pp;
+		for_each_property_of_node(np, pp) {
+			new_pp = __of_prop_dup(pp, GFP_KERNEL);
+			if (!new_pp)
+				goto err_prop;
+			if (__of_add_property(node, new_pp)) {
+				kfree(new_pp->name);
+				kfree(new_pp->value);
+				kfree(new_pp);
+				goto err_prop;
+			}
+		}
+	}
 	return node;
 
- err_free:
-	kfree(node);
+ err_prop:
+	of_node_put(node); /* Frees the node and properties */
 	return NULL;
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/of/of_private.h b/drivers/of/of_private.h
index 1e21b1c6de71..5b0599066d59 100644
--- a/drivers/of/of_private.h
+++ b/drivers/of/of_private.h
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ static inline int of_property_notify(int action, struct device_node *np,
  * own the devtree lock or work on detached trees only.
  */
 struct property *__of_prop_dup(const struct property *prop, gfp_t allocflags);
-struct device_node *__of_node_alloc(const char *fmt, ...);
+struct device_node *__of_node_dup(const struct device_node *np, const char *fmt, ...);
 
 extern const void *__of_get_property(const struct device_node *np,
 				     const char *name, int *lenp);
diff --git a/drivers/of/unittest.c b/drivers/of/unittest.c
index 79630760ea4f..60eb28422077 100644
--- a/drivers/of/unittest.c
+++ b/drivers/of/unittest.c
@@ -445,15 +445,15 @@ static void __init of_selftest_changeset(void)
 	struct property *ppadd, padd = { .name = "prop-add", .length = 0, .value = "" };
 	struct property *ppupdate, pupdate = { .name = "prop-update", .length = 5, .value = "abcd" };
 	struct property *ppremove;
-	struct device_node *n1, *n2, *n21, *nremove, *parent;
+	struct device_node *n1, *n2, *n21, *nremove, *parent, *np;
 	struct of_changeset chgset;
 
 	of_changeset_init(&chgset);
-	n1 = __of_node_alloc("/testcase-data/changeset/n1");
+	n1 = __of_node_dup(NULL, "/testcase-data/changeset/n1");
 	selftest(n1, "testcase setup failure\n");
-	n2 = __of_node_alloc("/testcase-data/changeset/n2");
+	n2 = __of_node_dup(NULL, "/testcase-data/changeset/n2");
 	selftest(n2, "testcase setup failure\n");
-	n21 = __of_node_alloc("/testcase-data/changeset/n2/n21");
+	n21 = __of_node_dup(NULL, "%s/%s", "/testcase-data/changeset/n2", "n21");
 	selftest(n21, "testcase setup failure %p\n", n21);
 	nremove = of_find_node_by_path("/testcase-data/changeset/node-remove");
 	selftest(nremove, "testcase setup failure\n");
@@ -481,6 +481,12 @@ static void __init of_selftest_changeset(void)
 	selftest(!of_changeset_apply(&chgset), "apply failed\n");
 	mutex_unlock(&of_mutex);
 
+	/* Make sure node names are constructed correctly */
+	selftest((np = of_find_node_by_path("/testcase-data/changeset/n2/n21")),
+		 "'%s' not added\n", n21->full_name);
+	if (np)
+		of_node_put(np);
+
 	mutex_lock(&of_mutex);
 	selftest(!of_changeset_revert(&chgset), "revert failed\n");
 	mutex_unlock(&of_mutex);
