diff --git a/scripts/dtc/libfdt/fdt_addresses.c b/scripts/dtc/libfdt/fdt_addresses.c
index eff4dbcc72..49537b578d 100644
--- a/scripts/dtc/libfdt/fdt_addresses.c
+++ b/scripts/dtc/libfdt/fdt_addresses.c
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 /*
  * libfdt - Flat Device Tree manipulation
  * Copyright (C) 2014 David Gibson <david@gibson.dropbear.id.au>
+ * Copyright (C) 2018 embedded brains GmbH
  *
  * libfdt is dual licensed: you can use it either under the terms of
  * the GPL, or the BSD license, at your option.
@@ -55,42 +56,32 @@
 
 #include "libfdt_internal.h"
 
-int fdt_address_cells(const void *fdt, int nodeoffset)
+static int fdt_cells(const void *fdt, int nodeoffset, const char *name)
 {
-	const fdt32_t *ac;
+	const fdt32_t *c;
 	int val;
 	int len;
 
-	ac = fdt_getprop(fdt, nodeoffset, "#address-cells", &len);
-	if (!ac)
+	c = fdt_getprop(fdt, nodeoffset, name, &len);
+	if (!c)
 		return 2;
 
-	if (len != sizeof(*ac))
+	if (len != sizeof(*c))
 		return -FDT_ERR_BADNCELLS;
 
-	val = fdt32_to_cpu(*ac);
+	val = fdt32_to_cpu(*c);
 	if ((val <= 0) || (val > FDT_MAX_NCELLS))
 		return -FDT_ERR_BADNCELLS;
 
 	return val;
 }
 
+int fdt_address_cells(const void *fdt, int nodeoffset)
+{
+	return fdt_cells(fdt, nodeoffset, "#address-cells");
+}
+
 int fdt_size_cells(const void *fdt, int nodeoffset)
 {
-	const fdt32_t *sc;
-	int val;
-	int len;
-
-	sc = fdt_getprop(fdt, nodeoffset, "#size-cells", &len);
-	if (!sc)
-		return 2;
-
-	if (len != sizeof(*sc))
-		return -FDT_ERR_BADNCELLS;
-
-	val = fdt32_to_cpu(*sc);
-	if ((val < 0) || (val > FDT_MAX_NCELLS))
-		return -FDT_ERR_BADNCELLS;
-
-	return val;
+	return fdt_cells(fdt, nodeoffset, "#size-cells");
 }
diff --git a/scripts/dtc/libfdt/libfdt.h b/scripts/dtc/libfdt/libfdt.h
index cf86ddba88..66f01fec53 100644
--- a/scripts/dtc/libfdt/libfdt.h
+++ b/scripts/dtc/libfdt/libfdt.h
@@ -1109,7 +1109,7 @@ int fdt_address_cells(const void *fdt, int nodeoffset);
  *
  * returns:
  *	0 <= n < FDT_MAX_NCELLS, on success
- *      2, if the node has no #address-cells property
+ *      2, if the node has no #size-cells property
  *      -FDT_ERR_BADNCELLS, if the node has a badly formatted or invalid
  *		#size-cells property
  *	-FDT_ERR_BADMAGIC,