diff --git a/checks.c b/checks.c
index afabf64337d5..548d7e118c42 100644
--- a/checks.c
+++ b/checks.c
@@ -956,6 +956,93 @@ static void check_obsolete_chosen_interrupt_controller(struct check *c,
 WARNING(obsolete_chosen_interrupt_controller,
 	check_obsolete_chosen_interrupt_controller, NULL);
 
+struct provider {
+	const char *prop_name;
+	const char *cell_name;
+	bool optional;
+};
+
+static void check_property_phandle_args(struct check *c,
+					  struct dt_info *dti,
+				          struct node *node,
+				          struct property *prop,
+				          const struct provider *provider)
+{
+	struct node *root = dti->dt;
+	int cell, cellsize = 0;
+
+	for (cell = 0; cell < prop->val.len / sizeof(cell_t); cell += cellsize + 1) {
+		struct node *provider_node;
+		struct property *cellprop;
+		int phandle;
+
+		phandle = propval_cell_n(prop, cell);
+		if (phandle == 0 || phandle == -1) {
+			cellsize = 0;
+			continue;
+		}
+
+		provider_node = get_node_by_phandle(root, phandle);
+		if (!provider_node) {
+			FAIL(c, dti, "Could not get phandle node for %s:%s(cell %d)",
+			     node->fullpath, prop->name, cell);
+			break;
+		}
+
+		cellprop = get_property(provider_node, provider->cell_name);
+		if (cellprop) {
+			cellsize = propval_cell(cellprop);
+		} else if (provider->optional) {
+			cellsize = 0;
+		} else {
+			FAIL(c, dti, "Missing property '%s' in node %s or bad phandle (referred from %s:%s[%d])",
+			     provider->cell_name,
+			     provider_node->fullpath,
+			     node->fullpath, prop->name, cell);
+			break;
+		}
+
+		if (prop->val.len < ((cell + cellsize + 1) * sizeof(cell_t))) {
+			FAIL(c, dti, "%s property size (%d) too small for cell size %d in %s",
+			     prop->name, prop->val.len, cellsize, node->fullpath);
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+static void check_provider_cells_property(struct check *c,
+					  struct dt_info *dti,
+				          struct node *node)
+{
+	struct provider *provider = c->data;
+	struct property *prop;
+
+	prop = get_property(node, provider->prop_name);
+	if (!prop)
+		return;
+
+	check_property_phandle_args(c, dti, node, prop, provider);
+}
+#define WARNING_PROPERTY_PHANDLE_CELLS(nm, propname, cells_name, ...) \
+	static struct provider nm##_provider = { (propname), (cells_name), __VA_ARGS__ }; \
+	WARNING(nm##_property, check_provider_cells_property, &nm##_provider, &phandle_references);
+
+WARNING_PROPERTY_PHANDLE_CELLS(clocks, "clocks", "#clock-cells");
+WARNING_PROPERTY_PHANDLE_CELLS(cooling_device, "cooling-device", "#cooling-cells");
+WARNING_PROPERTY_PHANDLE_CELLS(dmas, "dmas", "#dma-cells");
+WARNING_PROPERTY_PHANDLE_CELLS(hwlocks, "hwlocks", "#hwlock-cells");
+WARNING_PROPERTY_PHANDLE_CELLS(interrupts_extended, "interrupts-extended", "#interrupt-cells");
+WARNING_PROPERTY_PHANDLE_CELLS(io_channels, "io-channels", "#io-channel-cells");
+WARNING_PROPERTY_PHANDLE_CELLS(iommus, "iommus", "#iommu-cells");
+WARNING_PROPERTY_PHANDLE_CELLS(mboxes, "mboxes", "#mbox-cells");
+WARNING_PROPERTY_PHANDLE_CELLS(msi_parent, "msi-parent", "#msi-cells", true);
+WARNING_PROPERTY_PHANDLE_CELLS(mux_controls, "mux-controls", "#mux-control-cells");
+WARNING_PROPERTY_PHANDLE_CELLS(phys, "phys", "#phy-cells");
+WARNING_PROPERTY_PHANDLE_CELLS(power_domains, "power-domains", "#power-domain-cells");
+WARNING_PROPERTY_PHANDLE_CELLS(pwms, "pwms", "#pwm-cells");
+WARNING_PROPERTY_PHANDLE_CELLS(resets, "resets", "#reset-cells");
+WARNING_PROPERTY_PHANDLE_CELLS(sound_dais, "sound-dais", "#sound-dai-cells");
+WARNING_PROPERTY_PHANDLE_CELLS(thermal_sensors, "thermal-sensors", "#thermal-sensor-cells");
+
 static struct check *check_table[] = {
 	&duplicate_node_names, &duplicate_property_names,
 	&node_name_chars, &node_name_format, &property_name_chars,
@@ -987,6 +1074,23 @@ static struct check *check_table[] = {
 	&avoid_default_addr_size,
 	&obsolete_chosen_interrupt_controller,
 
+	&clocks_property,
+	&cooling_device_property,
+	&dmas_property,
+	&hwlocks_property,
+	&interrupts_extended_property,
+	&io_channels_property,
+	&iommus_property,
+	&mboxes_property,
+	&msi_parent_property,
+	&mux_controls_property,
+	&phys_property,
+	&power_domains_property,
+	&pwms_property,
+	&resets_property,
+	&sound_dais_property,
+	&thermal_sensors_property,
+
 	&always_fail,
 };
 
diff --git a/dtc.h b/dtc.h
index 409db76c94b7..3c0532a7c3ab 100644
--- a/dtc.h
+++ b/dtc.h
@@ -216,6 +216,7 @@ void append_to_property(struct node *node,
 const char *get_unitname(struct node *node);
 struct property *get_property(struct node *node, const char *propname);
 cell_t propval_cell(struct property *prop);
+cell_t propval_cell_n(struct property *prop, int n);
 struct property *get_property_by_label(struct node *tree, const char *label,
 				       struct node **node);
 struct marker *get_marker_label(struct node *tree, const char *label,
diff --git a/livetree.c b/livetree.c
index aecd27875fdd..c815176ec241 100644
--- a/livetree.c
+++ b/livetree.c
@@ -396,6 +396,12 @@ cell_t propval_cell(struct property *prop)
 	return fdt32_to_cpu(*((fdt32_t *)prop->val.val));
 }
 
+cell_t propval_cell_n(struct property *prop, int n)
+{
+	assert(prop->val.len / sizeof(cell_t) >= n);
+	return fdt32_to_cpu(*((fdt32_t *)prop->val.val + n));
+}
+
 struct property *get_property_by_label(struct node *tree, const char *label,
 				       struct node **node)
 {
diff --git a/tests/bad-phandle-cells.dts b/tests/bad-phandle-cells.dts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..7f7c6a25fd25
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/bad-phandle-cells.dts
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+/dts-v1/;
+
+/ {
+	intc: interrupt-controller {
+		#interrupt-cells = <3>;
+	};
+
+	node {
+		interrupts-extended = <&intc>;
+	};
+};
diff --git a/tests/run_tests.sh b/tests/run_tests.sh
index 3bc5b41ce76d..7cbc6971130a 100755
--- a/tests/run_tests.sh
+++ b/tests/run_tests.sh
@@ -550,6 +550,7 @@ dtc_tests () {
     check_tests unit-addr-without-reg.dts unit_address_vs_reg
     check_tests unit-addr-leading-0x.dts unit_address_format
     check_tests unit-addr-leading-0s.dts unit_address_format
+    check_tests bad-phandle-cells.dts interrupts_extended_property
     run_sh_test dtc-checkfails.sh node_name_chars -- -I dtb -O dtb bad_node_char.dtb
     run_sh_test dtc-checkfails.sh node_name_format -- -I dtb -O dtb bad_node_format.dtb
     run_sh_test dtc-checkfails.sh prop_name_chars -- -I dtb -O dtb bad_prop_char.dtb
