diff --git a/drivers/of/fdt.c b/drivers/of/fdt.c
index c9b5cac03b36..82967b07f7be 100644
--- a/drivers/of/fdt.c
+++ b/drivers/of/fdt.c
@@ -738,9 +738,12 @@ int __init of_scan_flat_dt(int (*it)(unsigned long node,
 	const char *pathp;
 	int offset, rc = 0, depth = -1;
 
-        for (offset = fdt_next_node(blob, -1, &depth);
-             offset >= 0 && depth >= 0 && !rc;
-             offset = fdt_next_node(blob, offset, &depth)) {
+	if (!blob)
+		return 0;
+
+	for (offset = fdt_next_node(blob, -1, &depth);
+	     offset >= 0 && depth >= 0 && !rc;
+	     offset = fdt_next_node(blob, offset, &depth)) {
 
 		pathp = fdt_get_name(blob, offset, NULL);
 		if (*pathp == '/')