diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/spear-cpufreq.c b/drivers/cpufreq/spear-cpufreq.c
index c3efa7f2a908..19e364fa5955 100644
--- a/drivers/cpufreq/spear-cpufreq.c
+++ b/drivers/cpufreq/spear-cpufreq.c
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 #include <linux/err.h>
 #include <linux/init.h>
 #include <linux/module.h>
-#include <linux/of.h>
+#include <linux/of_device.h>
 #include <linux/slab.h>
 #include <linux/types.h>
 
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ static int spear_cpufreq_driver_init(void)
 	const __be32 *val;
 	int cnt, i, ret;
 
-	np = of_find_node_by_path("/cpus/cpu@0");
+	np = of_cpu_device_node_get(0);
 	if (!np) {
 		pr_err("No cpu node found");
 		return -ENODEV;