diff --git a/drivers/of/overlay.c b/drivers/of/overlay.c
index 8420ef42d89ea..dc298775f7620 100644
--- a/drivers/of/overlay.c
+++ b/drivers/of/overlay.c
@@ -547,7 +547,7 @@ static int find_dup_cset_node_entry(struct overlay_changeset *ovcs,
 
 		fn_1 = kasprintf(GFP_KERNEL, "%pOF", ce_1->np);
 		fn_2 = kasprintf(GFP_KERNEL, "%pOF", ce_2->np);
-		node_path_match = !strcmp(fn_1, fn_2);
+		node_path_match = !fn_1 || !fn_2 || !strcmp(fn_1, fn_2);
 		kfree(fn_1);
 		kfree(fn_2);
 		if (node_path_match) {
@@ -582,7 +582,7 @@ static int find_dup_cset_prop(struct overlay_changeset *ovcs,
 
 		fn_1 = kasprintf(GFP_KERNEL, "%pOF", ce_1->np);
 		fn_2 = kasprintf(GFP_KERNEL, "%pOF", ce_2->np);
-		node_path_match = !strcmp(fn_1, fn_2);
+		node_path_match = !fn_1 || !fn_2 || !strcmp(fn_1, fn_2);
 		kfree(fn_1);
 		kfree(fn_2);
 		if (node_path_match &&