diff --git a/drivers/devfreq/devfreq-event.c b/drivers/devfreq/devfreq-event.c
index d67242d87744..87e93406d7cd 100644
--- a/drivers/devfreq/devfreq-event.c
+++ b/drivers/devfreq/devfreq-event.c
@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@ struct devfreq_event_dev *devfreq_event_get_edev_by_phandle(struct device *dev,
 	}
 
 	list_for_each_entry(edev, &devfreq_event_list, node) {
-		if (!strcmp(edev->desc->name, node->name))
+		if (of_node_name_eq(node, edev->desc->name))
 			goto out;
 	}
 	edev = NULL;
diff --git a/drivers/devfreq/event/exynos-ppmu.c b/drivers/devfreq/event/exynos-ppmu.c
index c61de0bdf053..c2ea94957501 100644
--- a/drivers/devfreq/event/exynos-ppmu.c
+++ b/drivers/devfreq/event/exynos-ppmu.c
@@ -529,7 +529,7 @@ static int of_get_devfreq_events(struct device_node *np,
 			if (!ppmu_events[i].name)
 				continue;
 
-			if (!of_node_cmp(node->name, ppmu_events[i].name))
+			if (of_node_name_eq(node, ppmu_events[i].name))
 				break;
 		}