diff --git a/drivers/of/selftest.c b/drivers/of/selftest.c
index c1d7d38009f1..2588faaaa305 100644
--- a/drivers/of/selftest.c
+++ b/drivers/of/selftest.c
@@ -431,8 +431,12 @@ static void __init of_selftest_match_node(void)
 static void __init of_selftest_platform_populate(void)
 {
 	int irq;
-	struct device_node *np;
+	struct device_node *np, *child;
 	struct platform_device *pdev;
+	struct of_device_id match[] = {
+		{ .compatible = "test-device", },
+		{}
+	};
 
 	np = of_find_node_by_path("/testcase-data");
 	of_platform_populate(np, of_default_bus_match_table, NULL, NULL);
@@ -452,6 +456,20 @@ static void __init of_selftest_platform_populate(void)
 	irq = platform_get_irq(pdev, 0);
 	selftest(irq < 0 && irq != -EPROBE_DEFER, "device parsing error failed - %d\n", irq);
 
+	np = of_find_node_by_path("/testcase-data/platform-tests");
+	if (!np) {
+		pr_err("No testcase data in device tree\n");
+		return;
+	}
+
+	for_each_child_of_node(np, child) {
+		struct device_node *grandchild;
+		of_platform_populate(child, match, NULL, NULL);
+		for_each_child_of_node(child, grandchild)
+			selftest(of_find_device_by_node(grandchild),
+				 "Could not create device for node '%s'\n",
+				 grandchild->name);
+	}
 }
 
 static int __init of_selftest(void)
diff --git a/drivers/of/testcase-data/testcases.dtsi b/drivers/of/testcase-data/testcases.dtsi
index 3a5b75a8e4d7..6d8d980ac858 100644
--- a/drivers/of/testcase-data/testcases.dtsi
+++ b/drivers/of/testcase-data/testcases.dtsi
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 #include "tests-phandle.dtsi"
 #include "tests-interrupts.dtsi"
 #include "tests-match.dtsi"
+#include "tests-platform.dtsi"
diff --git a/drivers/of/testcase-data/tests-platform.dtsi b/drivers/of/testcase-data/tests-platform.dtsi
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..eb20eeb2b062
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/of/testcase-data/tests-platform.dtsi
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+
+/ {
+	testcase-data {
+		platform-tests {
+			#address-cells = <1>;
+			#size-cells = <0>;
+
+			test-device@0 {
+				compatible = "test-device";
+				reg = <0x0>;
+
+				#address-cells = <1>;
+				#size-cells = <0>;
+
+				dev@100 {
+					compatible = "test-sub-device";
+					reg = <0x100>;
+				};
+			};
+
+			test-device@1 {
+				compatible = "test-device";
+				reg = <0x1>;
+
+				#address-cells = <1>;
+				#size-cells = <0>;
+
+				dev@100 {
+					compatible = "test-sub-device";
+					reg = <0x100>;
+				};
+			};
+		};
+	};
+};