diff --git a/drivers/base/swnode.c b/drivers/base/swnode.c
index 89ad8dee6ad53f6f5ca76ac20d465b54ac45b4ab..1fad9291f6aaa6d893c45186a8a24e495f5169fc 100644
--- a/drivers/base/swnode.c
+++ b/drivers/base/swnode.c
@@ -499,6 +499,28 @@ software_node_get_next_child(const struct fwnode_handle *fwnode,
 	return &c->fwnode;
 }
 
+static struct fwnode_handle *
+software_node_get_named_child_node(const struct fwnode_handle *fwnode,
+				   const char *childname)
+{
+	struct software_node *swnode = to_software_node(fwnode);
+	const struct property_entry *prop;
+	struct software_node *child;
+
+	if (!swnode || list_empty(&swnode->children))
+		return NULL;
+
+	list_for_each_entry(child, &swnode->children, entry) {
+		prop = property_entry_get(child->properties, "name");
+		if (!prop)
+			continue;
+		if (!strcmp(childname, prop->value.str)) {
+			kobject_get(&child->kobj);
+			return &child->fwnode;
+		}
+	}
+	return NULL;
+}
 
 static const struct fwnode_operations software_node_ops = {
 	.get = software_node_get,
@@ -508,6 +530,7 @@ static const struct fwnode_operations software_node_ops = {
 	.property_read_string_array = software_node_read_string_array,
 	.get_parent = software_node_get_parent,
 	.get_next_child_node = software_node_get_next_child,
+	.get_named_child_node = software_node_get_named_child_node,
 };
 
 /* -------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
diff --git a/include/linux/property.h b/include/linux/property.h
index 3789ec755fb6c98f5b0a2af5433db2544123880b..65d3420dd5d18bc5ca42fe16688baeac4a484df6 100644
--- a/include/linux/property.h
+++ b/include/linux/property.h
@@ -258,7 +258,7 @@ struct property_entry {
 #define PROPERTY_ENTRY_STRING(_name_, _val_)		\
 (struct property_entry) {				\
 	.name = _name_,					\
-	.length = sizeof(_val_),			\
+	.length = sizeof(const char *),			\
 	.type = DEV_PROP_STRING,			\
 	{ .value = { .str = _val_ } },			\
 }