diff --git a/net/core/net-sysfs.c b/net/core/net-sysfs.c
index 880e89c894f6..e353b822bb15 100644
--- a/net/core/net-sysfs.c
+++ b/net/core/net-sysfs.c
@@ -1805,12 +1805,12 @@ static struct class net_class __ro_after_init = {
 #ifdef CONFIG_OF_NET
 static int of_dev_node_match(struct device *dev, const void *data)
 {
-	int ret = 0;
+	for (; dev; dev = dev->parent) {
+		if (dev->of_node == data)
+			return 1;
+	}
 
-	if (dev->parent)
-		ret = dev->parent->of_node == data;
-
-	return ret == 0 ? dev->of_node == data : ret;
+	return 0;
 }
 
 /*