diff --git a/drivers/mtd/ofpart.c b/drivers/mtd/ofpart.c
index 9e45b3f..c852cc2 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/ofpart.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/ofpart.c
@@ -46,6 +46,11 @@ int __devinit of_mtd_parse_partitions(struct device *dev,
 		const u32 *reg;
 		int len;
 
+		/* check if this is a partition node */
+		partname = of_get_property(pp, "name", &len);
+		if (strcmp(partname, "partition") != 0)
+			continue;
+
 		reg = of_get_property(pp, "reg", &len);
 		if (!reg || (len != 2 * sizeof(u32))) {
 			of_node_put(pp);