diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/chrp/setup.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/chrp/setup.c
index e66644e0fb40..9438fa0fc355 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/chrp/setup.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/chrp/setup.c
@@ -538,8 +538,7 @@ static void __init chrp_init_IRQ(void)
 	/* see if there is a keyboard in the device tree
 	   with a parent of type "adb" */
 	for_each_node_by_name(kbd, "keyboard")
-		if (kbd->parent && kbd->parent->type
-		    && strcmp(kbd->parent->type, "adb") == 0)
+		if (of_node_is_type(kbd->parent, "adb"))
 			break;
 	of_node_put(kbd);
 	if (kbd)