diff --git a/drivers/of/dynamic.c b/drivers/of/dynamic.c
index 7bb33d22b4e2..f4f8ed9b5454 100644
--- a/drivers/of/dynamic.c
+++ b/drivers/of/dynamic.c
@@ -383,25 +383,24 @@ struct property *__of_prop_dup(const struct property *prop, gfp_t allocflags)
 
 /**
  * __of_node_dup() - Duplicate or create an empty device node dynamically.
- * @fmt: Format string (plus vargs) for new full name of the device node
+ * @np:		if not NULL, contains properties to be duplicated in new node
+ * @full_name:	string value to be duplicated into new node's full_name field
  *
- * Create an device tree node, either by duplicating an empty node or by allocating
- * an empty one suitable for further modification.  The node data are
- * dynamically allocated and all the node flags have the OF_DYNAMIC &
- * OF_DETACHED bits set. Returns the newly allocated node or NULL on out of
- * memory error.
+ * Create a device tree node, optionally duplicating the properties of
+ * another node.  The node data are dynamically allocated and all the node
+ * flags have the OF_DYNAMIC & OF_DETACHED bits set.
+ *
+ * Returns the newly allocated node or NULL on out of memory error.
  */
-struct device_node *__of_node_dup(const struct device_node *np, const char *fmt, ...)
+struct device_node *__of_node_dup(const struct device_node *np,
+				  const char *full_name)
 {
-	va_list vargs;
 	struct device_node *node;
 
 	node = kzalloc(sizeof(*node), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!node)
 		return NULL;
-	va_start(vargs, fmt);
-	node->full_name = kvasprintf(GFP_KERNEL, fmt, vargs);
-	va_end(vargs);
+	node->full_name = kstrdup(full_name, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!node->full_name) {
 		kfree(node);
 		return NULL;
diff --git a/drivers/of/of_private.h b/drivers/of/of_private.h
index 0c609e7d0334..26bb31beb03e 100644
--- a/drivers/of/of_private.h
+++ b/drivers/of/of_private.h
@@ -104,7 +104,8 @@ extern void *__unflatten_device_tree(const void *blob,
  * own the devtree lock or work on detached trees only.
  */
 struct property *__of_prop_dup(const struct property *prop, gfp_t allocflags);
-__printf(2, 3) struct device_node *__of_node_dup(const struct device_node *np, const char *fmt, ...);
+struct device_node *__of_node_dup(const struct device_node *np,
+				  const char *full_name);
 
 struct device_node *__of_find_node_by_path(struct device_node *parent,
 						const char *path);
diff --git a/drivers/of/overlay.c b/drivers/of/overlay.c
index b930e05d1215..30d91f907026 100644
--- a/drivers/of/overlay.c
+++ b/drivers/of/overlay.c
@@ -312,7 +312,20 @@ static int add_changeset_property(struct overlay_changeset *ovcs,
  * If @node has child nodes, add the children recursively via
  * build_changeset_next_level().
  *
- * NOTE: Multiple mods of created nodes not supported.
+ * NOTE_1: A live devicetree created from a flattened device tree (FDT) will
+ *       not contain the full path in node->full_name.  Thus an overlay
+ *       created from an FDT also will not contain the full path in
+ *       node->full_name.  However, a live devicetree created from Open
+ *       Firmware may have the full path in node->full_name.
+ *
+ *       add_changeset_node() follows the FDT convention and does not include
+ *       the full path in node->full_name.  Even though it expects the overlay
+ *       to not contain the full path, it uses kbasename() to remove the
+ *       full path should it exist.  It also uses kbasename() in comparisons
+ *       to nodes in the live devicetree so that it can apply an overlay to
+ *       a live devicetree created from Open Firmware.
+ *
+ * NOTE_2: Multiple mods of created nodes not supported.
  *       If more than one fragment contains a node that does not already exist
  *       in the live tree, then for each fragment of_changeset_attach_node()
  *       will add a changeset entry to add the node.  When the changeset is
@@ -339,8 +352,7 @@ static int add_changeset_node(struct overlay_changeset *ovcs,
 			break;
 
 	if (!tchild) {
-		tchild = __of_node_dup(node, "%pOF/%s",
-				       target_node, node_kbasename);
+		tchild = __of_node_dup(node, node_kbasename);
 		if (!tchild)
 			return -ENOMEM;
 
diff --git a/drivers/of/unittest.c b/drivers/of/unittest.c
index a17195fcaeda..62c8a8b8af2d 100644
--- a/drivers/of/unittest.c
+++ b/drivers/of/unittest.c
@@ -692,13 +692,13 @@ static void __init of_unittest_changeset(void)
 	struct device_node *n1, *n2, *n21, *nchangeset, *nremove, *parent, *np;
 	struct of_changeset chgset;
 
-	n1 = __of_node_dup(NULL, "/testcase-data/changeset/n1");
+	n1 = __of_node_dup(NULL, "n1");
 	unittest(n1, "testcase setup failure\n");
 
-	n2 = __of_node_dup(NULL, "/testcase-data/changeset/n2");
+	n2 = __of_node_dup(NULL, "n2");
 	unittest(n2, "testcase setup failure\n");
 
-	n21 = __of_node_dup(NULL, "%s/%s", "/testcase-data/changeset/n2", "n21");
+	n21 = __of_node_dup(NULL, "n21");
 	unittest(n21, "testcase setup failure %p\n", n21);
 
 	nchangeset = of_find_node_by_path("/testcase-data/changeset");