diff --git a/arch/arm/boot/dts/testcases/tests.dtsi b/arch/arm/boot/dts/testcases/tests.dtsi
deleted file mode 100644
index 3f123ecc9dd7..000000000000
--- a/arch/arm/boot/dts/testcases/tests.dtsi
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-/include/ "tests-phandle.dtsi"
-/include/ "tests-interrupts.dtsi"
diff --git a/arch/arm/boot/dts/versatile-pb.dts b/arch/arm/boot/dts/versatile-pb.dts
index f43907c40c93..65f657711323 100644
--- a/arch/arm/boot/dts/versatile-pb.dts
+++ b/arch/arm/boot/dts/versatile-pb.dts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/include/ "versatile-ab.dts"
+#include <versatile-ab.dts>
 
 / {
 	model = "ARM Versatile PB";
@@ -47,4 +47,4 @@
 	};
 };
 
-/include/ "testcases/tests.dtsi"
+#include <testcases.dtsi>
diff --git a/drivers/of/base.c b/drivers/of/base.c
index 10b51106c854..89e888a78899 100644
--- a/drivers/of/base.c
+++ b/drivers/of/base.c
@@ -342,27 +342,72 @@ struct device_node *of_get_cpu_node(int cpu, unsigned int *thread)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(of_get_cpu_node);
 
-/** Checks if the given "compat" string matches one of the strings in
- * the device's "compatible" property
+/**
+ * __of_device_is_compatible() - Check if the node matches given constraints
+ * @device: pointer to node
+ * @compat: required compatible string, NULL or "" for any match
+ * @type: required device_type value, NULL or "" for any match
+ * @name: required node name, NULL or "" for any match
+ *
+ * Checks if the given @compat, @type and @name strings match the
+ * properties of the given @device. A constraints can be skipped by
+ * passing NULL or an empty string as the constraint.
+ *
+ * Returns 0 for no match, and a positive integer on match. The return
+ * value is a relative score with larger values indicating better
+ * matches. The score is weighted for the most specific compatible value
+ * to get the highest score. Matching type is next, followed by matching
+ * name. Practically speaking, this results in the following priority
+ * order for matches:
+ *
+ * 1. specific compatible && type && name
+ * 2. specific compatible && type
+ * 3. specific compatible && name
+ * 4. specific compatible
+ * 5. general compatible && type && name
+ * 6. general compatible && type
+ * 7. general compatible && name
+ * 8. general compatible
+ * 9. type && name
+ * 10. type
+ * 11. name
  */
 static int __of_device_is_compatible(const struct device_node *device,
-				     const char *compat)
+				     const char *compat, const char *type, const char *name)
 {
-	const char* cp;
-	int cplen, l;
+	struct property *prop;
+	const char *cp;
+	int index = 0, score = 0;
 
-	cp = __of_get_property(device, "compatible", &cplen);
-	if (cp == NULL)
-		return 0;
-	while (cplen > 0) {
-		if (of_compat_cmp(cp, compat, strlen(compat)) == 0)
-			return 1;
-		l = strlen(cp) + 1;
-		cp += l;
-		cplen -= l;
+	/* Compatible match has highest priority */
+	if (compat && compat[0]) {
+		prop = __of_find_property(device, "compatible", NULL);
+		for (cp = of_prop_next_string(prop, NULL); cp;
+		     cp = of_prop_next_string(prop, cp), index++) {
+			if (of_compat_cmp(cp, compat, strlen(compat)) == 0) {
+				score = INT_MAX/2 - (index << 2);
+				break;
+			}
+		}
+		if (!score)
+			return 0;
 	}
 
-	return 0;
+	/* Matching type is better than matching name */
+	if (type && type[0]) {
+		if (!device->type || of_node_cmp(type, device->type))
+			return 0;
+		score += 2;
+	}
+
+	/* Matching name is a bit better than not */
+	if (name && name[0]) {
+		if (!device->name || of_node_cmp(name, device->name))
+			return 0;
+		score++;
+	}
+
+	return score;
 }
 
 /** Checks if the given "compat" string matches one of the strings in
@@ -375,7 +420,7 @@ int of_device_is_compatible(const struct device_node *device,
 	int res;
 
 	raw_spin_lock_irqsave(&devtree_lock, flags);
-	res = __of_device_is_compatible(device, compat);
+	res = __of_device_is_compatible(device, compat, NULL, NULL);
 	raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&devtree_lock, flags);
 	return res;
 }
@@ -681,10 +726,7 @@ struct device_node *of_find_compatible_node(struct device_node *from,
 	raw_spin_lock_irqsave(&devtree_lock, flags);
 	np = from ? from->allnext : of_allnodes;
 	for (; np; np = np->allnext) {
-		if (type
-		    && !(np->type && (of_node_cmp(np->type, type) == 0)))
-			continue;
-		if (__of_device_is_compatible(np, compatible) &&
+		if (__of_device_is_compatible(np, compatible, type, NULL) &&
 		    of_node_get(np))
 			break;
 	}
@@ -730,65 +772,26 @@ out:
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(of_find_node_with_property);
 
-static const struct of_device_id *
-of_match_compatible(const struct of_device_id *matches,
-			const struct device_node *node)
-{
-	const char *cp;
-	int cplen, l;
-	const struct of_device_id *m;
-
-	cp = __of_get_property(node, "compatible", &cplen);
-	while (cp && (cplen > 0)) {
-		m = matches;
-		while (m->name[0] || m->type[0] || m->compatible[0]) {
-			/* Only match for the entries without type and name */
-			if (m->name[0] || m->type[0] ||
-				of_compat_cmp(m->compatible, cp,
-					 strlen(m->compatible)))
-				m++;
-			else
-				return m;
-		}
-
-		/* Get node's next compatible string */
-		l = strlen(cp) + 1;
-		cp += l;
-		cplen -= l;
-	}
-
-	return NULL;
-}
-
 static
 const struct of_device_id *__of_match_node(const struct of_device_id *matches,
 					   const struct device_node *node)
 {
-	const struct of_device_id *m;
+	const struct of_device_id *best_match = NULL;
+	int score, best_score = 0;
 
 	if (!matches)
 		return NULL;
 
-	m = of_match_compatible(matches, node);
-	if (m)
-		return m;
-
-	while (matches->name[0] || matches->type[0] || matches->compatible[0]) {
-		int match = 1;
-		if (matches->name[0])
-			match &= node->name
-				&& !strcmp(matches->name, node->name);
-		if (matches->type[0])
-			match &= node->type
-				&& !strcmp(matches->type, node->type);
-		if (matches->compatible[0])
-			match &= __of_device_is_compatible(node,
-							   matches->compatible);
-		if (match)
-			return matches;
-		matches++;
+	for (; matches->name[0] || matches->type[0] || matches->compatible[0]; matches++) {
+		score = __of_device_is_compatible(node, matches->compatible,
+						  matches->type, matches->name);
+		if (score > best_score) {
+			best_match = matches;
+			best_score = score;
+		}
 	}
-	return NULL;
+
+	return best_match;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -796,12 +799,7 @@ const struct of_device_id *__of_match_node(const struct of_device_id *matches,
  *	@matches:	array of of device match structures to search in
  *	@node:		the of device structure to match against
  *
- *	Low level utility function used by device matching. We have two ways
- *	of matching:
- *	- Try to find the best compatible match by comparing each compatible
- *	  string of device node with all the given matches respectively.
- *	- If the above method failed, then try to match the compatible by using
- *	  __of_device_is_compatible() besides the match in type and name.
+ *	Low level utility function used by device matching.
  */
 const struct of_device_id *of_match_node(const struct of_device_id *matches,
 					 const struct device_node *node)
diff --git a/drivers/of/selftest.c b/drivers/of/selftest.c
index e21012bde639..6643d1920985 100644
--- a/drivers/of/selftest.c
+++ b/drivers/of/selftest.c
@@ -300,6 +300,72 @@ static void __init of_selftest_parse_interrupts_extended(void)
 	of_node_put(np);
 }
 
+static struct of_device_id match_node_table[] = {
+	{ .data = "A", .name = "name0", }, /* Name alone is lowest priority */
+	{ .data = "B", .type = "type1", }, /* followed by type alone */
+
+	{ .data = "Ca", .name = "name2", .type = "type1", }, /* followed by both together */
+	{ .data = "Cb", .name = "name2", }, /* Only match when type doesn't match */
+	{ .data = "Cc", .name = "name2", .type = "type2", },
+
+	{ .data = "E", .compatible = "compat3" },
+	{ .data = "G", .compatible = "compat2", },
+	{ .data = "H", .compatible = "compat2", .name = "name5", },
+	{ .data = "I", .compatible = "compat2", .type = "type1", },
+	{ .data = "J", .compatible = "compat2", .type = "type1", .name = "name8", },
+	{ .data = "K", .compatible = "compat2", .name = "name9", },
+	{}
+};
+
+static struct {
+	const char *path;
+	const char *data;
+} match_node_tests[] = {
+	{ .path = "/testcase-data/match-node/name0", .data = "A", },
+	{ .path = "/testcase-data/match-node/name1", .data = "B", },
+	{ .path = "/testcase-data/match-node/a/name2", .data = "Ca", },
+	{ .path = "/testcase-data/match-node/b/name2", .data = "Cb", },
+	{ .path = "/testcase-data/match-node/c/name2", .data = "Cc", },
+	{ .path = "/testcase-data/match-node/name3", .data = "E", },
+	{ .path = "/testcase-data/match-node/name4", .data = "G", },
+	{ .path = "/testcase-data/match-node/name5", .data = "H", },
+	{ .path = "/testcase-data/match-node/name6", .data = "G", },
+	{ .path = "/testcase-data/match-node/name7", .data = "I", },
+	{ .path = "/testcase-data/match-node/name8", .data = "J", },
+	{ .path = "/testcase-data/match-node/name9", .data = "K", },
+};
+
+static void __init of_selftest_match_node(void)
+{
+	struct device_node *np;
+	const struct of_device_id *match;
+	int i;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(match_node_tests); i++) {
+		np = of_find_node_by_path(match_node_tests[i].path);
+		if (!np) {
+			selftest(0, "missing testcase node %s\n",
+				match_node_tests[i].path);
+			continue;
+		}
+
+		match = of_match_node(match_node_table, np);
+		if (!match) {
+			selftest(0, "%s didn't match anything\n",
+				match_node_tests[i].path);
+			continue;
+		}
+
+		if (strcmp(match->data, match_node_tests[i].data) != 0) {
+			selftest(0, "%s got wrong match. expected %s, got %s\n",
+				match_node_tests[i].path, match_node_tests[i].data,
+				(const char *)match->data);
+			continue;
+		}
+		selftest(1, "passed");
+	}
+}
+
 static int __init of_selftest(void)
 {
 	struct device_node *np;
@@ -316,6 +382,7 @@ static int __init of_selftest(void)
 	of_selftest_property_match_string();
 	of_selftest_parse_interrupts();
 	of_selftest_parse_interrupts_extended();
+	of_selftest_match_node();
 	pr_info("end of selftest - %i passed, %i failed\n",
 		selftest_results.passed, selftest_results.failed);
 	return 0;
diff --git a/drivers/of/testcase-data/testcases.dtsi b/drivers/of/testcase-data/testcases.dtsi
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..3a5b75a8e4d7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/of/testcase-data/testcases.dtsi
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+#include "tests-phandle.dtsi"
+#include "tests-interrupts.dtsi"
+#include "tests-match.dtsi"
diff --git a/arch/arm/boot/dts/testcases/tests-interrupts.dtsi b/drivers/of/testcase-data/tests-interrupts.dtsi
similarity index 100%
rename from arch/arm/boot/dts/testcases/tests-interrupts.dtsi
rename to drivers/of/testcase-data/tests-interrupts.dtsi
diff --git a/drivers/of/testcase-data/tests-match.dtsi b/drivers/of/testcase-data/tests-match.dtsi
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..c9e541129534
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/of/testcase-data/tests-match.dtsi
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+
+/ {
+	testcase-data {
+		match-node {
+			name0 { };
+			name1 { device_type = "type1"; };
+			a { name2 { device_type = "type1"; }; };
+			b { name2 { }; };
+			c { name2 { device_type = "type2"; }; };
+			name3 { compatible = "compat3"; };
+			name4 { compatible = "compat2", "compat3"; };
+			name5 { compatible = "compat2", "compat3"; };
+			name6 { compatible = "compat1", "compat2", "compat3"; };
+			name7 { compatible = "compat2"; device_type = "type1"; };
+			name8 { compatible = "compat2"; device_type = "type1"; };
+			name9 { compatible = "compat2"; };
+		};
+	};
+};
diff --git a/arch/arm/boot/dts/testcases/tests-phandle.dtsi b/drivers/of/testcase-data/tests-phandle.dtsi
similarity index 100%
rename from arch/arm/boot/dts/testcases/tests-phandle.dtsi
rename to drivers/of/testcase-data/tests-phandle.dtsi
diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.lib b/scripts/Makefile.lib
index 49392ecbef17..79c059e70860 100644
--- a/scripts/Makefile.lib
+++ b/scripts/Makefile.lib
@@ -152,6 +152,7 @@ ld_flags       = $(LDFLAGS) $(ldflags-y)
 dtc_cpp_flags  = -Wp,-MD,$(depfile).pre.tmp -nostdinc                    \
 		 -I$(srctree)/arch/$(SRCARCH)/boot/dts                   \
 		 -I$(srctree)/arch/$(SRCARCH)/boot/dts/include           \
+		 -I$(srctree)/drivers/of/testcase-data                   \
 		 -undef -D__DTS__
 
 # Finds the multi-part object the current object will be linked into