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diff --git a/drivers/of/dynamic.c b/drivers/of/dynamic.c
index 9bb9fe0fa..e2a965101 100644
--- a/drivers/of/dynamic.c
+++ b/drivers/of/dynamic.c
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
#define pr_fmt(fmt) "OF: " fmt
+#include <linux/device.h>
#include <linux/of.h>
#include <linux/spinlock.h>
#include <linux/slab.h>
@@ -679,6 +680,17 @@ void of_changeset_destroy(struct of_changeset *ocs)
{
struct of_changeset_entry *ce, *cen;
+ /*
+ * When a device is deleted, the device links to/from it are also queued
+ * for deletion. Until these device links are freed, the devices
+ * themselves aren't freed. If the device being deleted is due to an
+ * overlay change, this device might be holding a reference to a device
+ * node that will be freed. So, wait until all already pending device
+ * links are deleted before freeing a device node. This ensures we don't
+ * free any device node that has a non-zero reference count.
+ */
+ device_link_wait_removal();
+
list_for_each_entry_safe_reverse(ce, cen, &ocs->entries, node)
__of_changeset_entry_destroy(ce);
}