diff --git a/xen/common/device_tree.c b/xen/common/device_tree.c
index b8ef1c7ae2..f38f51ec0b 100644
--- a/xen/common/device_tree.c
+++ b/xen/common/device_tree.c
@@ -358,11 +358,12 @@ struct dt_device_node *dt_find_node_by_type(struct dt_device_node *from,
     return np;
 }
 
-struct dt_device_node *dt_find_node_by_path(const char *path)
+struct dt_device_node *dt_find_node_by_path_from(struct dt_device_node *from,
+                                                 const char *path)
 {
     struct dt_device_node *np;
 
-    dt_for_each_device_node(dt_host, np)
+    dt_for_each_device_node(from, np)
         if ( np->full_name && (dt_node_cmp(np->full_name, path) == 0) )
             break;
 
diff --git a/xen/include/xen/device_tree.h b/xen/include/xen/device_tree.h
index a518310a62..44d315c8ba 100644
--- a/xen/include/xen/device_tree.h
+++ b/xen/include/xen/device_tree.h
@@ -570,13 +570,26 @@ struct dt_device_node *dt_find_node_by_type(struct dt_device_node *from,
 struct dt_device_node *dt_find_node_by_alias(const char *alias);
 
 /**
- * dt_find_node_by_path - Find a node matching a full DT path
+ * dt_find_node_by_path_from - Generic function to find a node matching the
+ * full DT path for any given unflatten device tree
+ * @from: The device tree node to start searching from
  * @path: The full path to match
  *
  * Returns a node pointer.
  */
-struct dt_device_node *dt_find_node_by_path(const char *path);
+struct dt_device_node *dt_find_node_by_path_from(struct dt_device_node *from,
+                                                 const char *path);
 
+/**
+ * dt_find_node_by_path - Find a node matching a full DT path in dt_host
+ * @path: The full path to match
+ *
+ * Returns a node pointer.
+ */
+static inline struct dt_device_node *dt_find_node_by_path(const char *path)
+{
+    return dt_find_node_by_path_from(dt_host, path);
+}
 
 /**
  * dt_find_node_by_gpath - Same as dt_find_node_by_path but retrieve the