diff --git a/drivers/of/base.c b/drivers/of/base.c
index ba195fbce4c6..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;
 	}
@@ -734,25 +776,22 @@ 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 *best_match = NULL;
+	int score, best_score = 0;
+
 	if (!matches)
 		return NULL;
 
-	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;
 }
 
 /**