diff --git a/drivers/of/property.c b/drivers/of/property.c
index 134cfc980b70b..c651aad6f34b1 100644
--- a/drivers/of/property.c
+++ b/drivers/of/property.c
@@ -1062,20 +1062,6 @@ of_fwnode_device_get_match_data(const struct fwnode_handle *fwnode,
 	return of_device_get_match_data(dev);
 }
 
-static bool of_is_ancestor_of(struct device_node *test_ancestor,
-			      struct device_node *child)
-{
-	of_node_get(child);
-	while (child) {
-		if (child == test_ancestor) {
-			of_node_put(child);
-			return true;
-		}
-		child = of_get_next_parent(child);
-	}
-	return false;
-}
-
 static struct device_node *of_get_compat_node(struct device_node *np)
 {
 	of_node_get(np);
@@ -1106,71 +1092,27 @@ static struct device_node *of_get_compat_node_parent(struct device_node *np)
 	return node;
 }
 
-/**
- * of_link_to_phandle - Add fwnode link to supplier from supplier phandle
- * @con_np: consumer device tree node
- * @sup_np: supplier device tree node
- *
- * Given a phandle to a supplier device tree node (@sup_np), this function
- * finds the device that owns the supplier device tree node and creates a
- * device link from @dev consumer device to the supplier device. This function
- * doesn't create device links for invalid scenarios such as trying to create a
- * link with a parent device as the consumer of its child device. In such
- * cases, it returns an error.
- *
- * Returns:
- * - 0 if fwnode link successfully created to supplier
- * - -EINVAL if the supplier link is invalid and should not be created
- * - -ENODEV if struct device will never be create for supplier
- */
-static int of_link_to_phandle(struct device_node *con_np,
+static void of_link_to_phandle(struct device_node *con_np,
 			      struct device_node *sup_np)
 {
-	struct device *sup_dev;
-	struct device_node *tmp_np = sup_np;
+	struct device_node *tmp_np = of_node_get(sup_np);
 
-	/*
-	 * Find the device node that contains the supplier phandle.  It may be
-	 * @sup_np or it may be an ancestor of @sup_np.
-	 */
-	sup_np = of_get_compat_node(sup_np);
-	if (!sup_np) {
-		pr_debug("Not linking %pOFP to %pOFP - No device\n",
-			 con_np, tmp_np);
-		return -ENODEV;
-	}
+	/* Check that sup_np and its ancestors are available. */
+	while (tmp_np) {
+		if (of_fwnode_handle(tmp_np)->dev) {
+			of_node_put(tmp_np);
+			break;
+		}
 
-	/*
-	 * Don't allow linking a device node as a consumer of one of its
-	 * descendant nodes. By definition, a child node can't be a functional
-	 * dependency for the parent node.
-	 */
-	if (of_is_ancestor_of(con_np, sup_np)) {
-		pr_debug("Not linking %pOFP to %pOFP - is descendant\n",
-			 con_np, sup_np);
-		of_node_put(sup_np);
-		return -EINVAL;
-	}
+		if (!of_device_is_available(tmp_np)) {
+			of_node_put(tmp_np);
+			return;
+		}
 
-	/*
-	 * Don't create links to "early devices" that won't have struct devices
-	 * created for them.
-	 */
-	sup_dev = get_dev_from_fwnode(&sup_np->fwnode);
-	if (!sup_dev &&
-	    (of_node_check_flag(sup_np, OF_POPULATED) ||
-	     sup_np->fwnode.flags & FWNODE_FLAG_NOT_DEVICE)) {
-		pr_debug("Not linking %pOFP to %pOFP - No struct device\n",
-			 con_np, sup_np);
-		of_node_put(sup_np);
-		return -ENODEV;
+		tmp_np = of_get_next_parent(tmp_np);
 	}
-	put_device(sup_dev);
 
 	fwnode_link_add(of_fwnode_handle(con_np), of_fwnode_handle(sup_np));
-	of_node_put(sup_np);
-
-	return 0;
 }
 
 /**