diff --git a/drivers/base/core.c b/drivers/base/core.c
index b7d56c5ea3c68..0a8bdade53f2f 100644
--- a/drivers/base/core.c
+++ b/drivers/base/core.c
@@ -2261,7 +2261,10 @@ void set_primary_fwnode(struct device *dev, struct fwnode_handle *fwnode)
 		if (fwnode_is_primary(fn))
 			fn = fn->secondary;
 
-		fwnode->secondary = fn;
+		if (fn) {
+			WARN_ON(fwnode->secondary);
+			fwnode->secondary = fn;
+		}
 		dev->fwnode = fwnode;
 	} else {
 		dev->fwnode = fwnode_is_primary(dev->fwnode) ?