diff --git a/drivers/of/dynamic.c b/drivers/of/dynamic.c
index d43f3059963b..af1b1ecd6a3d 100644
--- a/drivers/of/dynamic.c
+++ b/drivers/of/dynamic.c
@@ -274,33 +274,33 @@ struct property *__of_prop_dup(const struct property *prop, gfp_t allocflags)
 /**
  * __of_node_alloc() - Create an empty device node dynamically.
  * @full_name:	Full name of the new device node
- * @allocflags:	Allocation flags (typically pass GFP_KERNEL)
  *
  * Create an empty device tree node, suitable for further modification.
  * The node data are dynamically allocated and all the node flags
  * have the OF_DYNAMIC & OF_DETACHED bits set.
  * Returns the newly allocated node or NULL on out of memory error.
  */
-struct device_node *__of_node_alloc(const char *full_name, gfp_t allocflags)
+struct device_node *__of_node_alloc(const char *fmt, ...)
 {
+	va_list vargs;
 	struct device_node *node;
 
-	node = kzalloc(sizeof(*node), allocflags);
+	node = kzalloc(sizeof(*node), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!node)
 		return NULL;
-
-	node->full_name = kstrdup(full_name, allocflags);
-	of_node_set_flag(node, OF_DYNAMIC);
-	of_node_set_flag(node, OF_DETACHED);
+	va_start(vargs, fmt);
+	node->full_name = kvasprintf(GFP_KERNEL, fmt, vargs);
+	va_end(vargs);
 	if (!node->full_name)
 		goto err_free;
 
+	of_node_set_flag(node, OF_DYNAMIC);
+	of_node_set_flag(node, OF_DETACHED);
 	of_node_init(node);
 
 	return node;
 
  err_free:
-	kfree(node->full_name);
 	kfree(node);
 	return NULL;
 }
diff --git a/drivers/of/of_private.h b/drivers/of/of_private.h
index 858e0a5d9a11..618abcad307e 100644
--- a/drivers/of/of_private.h
+++ b/drivers/of/of_private.h
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ static inline int of_property_notify(int action, struct device_node *np,
  * own the devtree lock or work on detached trees only.
  */
 struct property *__of_prop_dup(const struct property *prop, gfp_t allocflags);
-struct device_node *__of_node_alloc(const char *full_name, gfp_t allocflags);
+__printf(1, 2) struct device_node *__of_node_alloc(const char *fmt, ...);
 
 extern const void *__of_get_property(const struct device_node *np,
 				     const char *name, int *lenp);
diff --git a/drivers/of/unittest.c b/drivers/of/unittest.c
index 46af7019d291..7634a17af1d5 100644
--- a/drivers/of/unittest.c
+++ b/drivers/of/unittest.c
@@ -449,11 +449,11 @@ static void __init of_selftest_changeset(void)
 	struct of_changeset chgset;
 
 	of_changeset_init(&chgset);
-	n1 = __of_node_alloc("/testcase-data/changeset/n1", GFP_KERNEL);
+	n1 = __of_node_alloc("/testcase-data/changeset/n1");
 	selftest(n1, "testcase setup failure\n");
-	n2 = __of_node_alloc("/testcase-data/changeset/n2", GFP_KERNEL);
+	n2 = __of_node_alloc("/testcase-data/changeset/n2");
 	selftest(n2, "testcase setup failure\n");
-	n21 = __of_node_alloc("/testcase-data/changeset/n2/n21", GFP_KERNEL);
+	n21 = __of_node_alloc("/testcase-data/changeset/n2/n21");
 	selftest(n21, "testcase setup failure %p\n", n21);
 	nremove = of_find_node_by_path("/testcase-data/changeset/node-remove");
 	selftest(nremove, "testcase setup failure\n");