diff --git a/drivers/of/base.c b/drivers/of/base.c
index 0470cbbed560..3f21ea6a90dc 100644
--- a/drivers/of/base.c
+++ b/drivers/of/base.c
@@ -161,6 +161,28 @@ int of_free_phandle_cache(void)
 late_initcall_sync(of_free_phandle_cache);
 #endif
 
+/*
+ * Caller must hold devtree_lock.
+ */
+void __of_free_phandle_cache_entry(phandle handle)
+{
+	phandle masked_handle;
+	struct device_node *np;
+
+	if (!handle)
+		return;
+
+	masked_handle = handle & phandle_cache_mask;
+
+	if (phandle_cache) {
+		np = phandle_cache[masked_handle];
+		if (np && handle == np->phandle) {
+			of_node_put(np);
+			phandle_cache[masked_handle] = NULL;
+		}
+	}
+}
+
 void of_populate_phandle_cache(void)
 {
 	unsigned long flags;
@@ -1169,11 +1191,18 @@ struct device_node *of_find_node_by_phandle(phandle handle)
 		if (phandle_cache[masked_handle] &&
 		    handle == phandle_cache[masked_handle]->phandle)
 			np = phandle_cache[masked_handle];
+		if (np && of_node_check_flag(np, OF_DETACHED)) {
+			WARN_ON(1); /* did not uncache np on node removal */
+			of_node_put(np);
+			phandle_cache[masked_handle] = NULL;
+			np = NULL;
+		}
 	}
 
 	if (!np) {
 		for_each_of_allnodes(np)
-			if (np->phandle == handle) {
+			if (np->phandle == handle &&
+			    !of_node_check_flag(np, OF_DETACHED)) {
 				if (phandle_cache) {
 					/* will put when removed from cache */
 					of_node_get(np);
diff --git a/drivers/of/dynamic.c b/drivers/of/dynamic.c
index f4f8ed9b5454..ecea92f68c87 100644
--- a/drivers/of/dynamic.c
+++ b/drivers/of/dynamic.c
@@ -268,6 +268,9 @@ void __of_detach_node(struct device_node *np)
 	}
 
 	of_node_set_flag(np, OF_DETACHED);
+
+	/* race with of_find_node_by_phandle() prevented by devtree_lock */
+	__of_free_phandle_cache_entry(np->phandle);
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/drivers/of/of_private.h b/drivers/of/of_private.h
index 216175d11d3d..f5da842841e5 100644
--- a/drivers/of/of_private.h
+++ b/drivers/of/of_private.h
@@ -76,6 +76,10 @@ static inline void __of_detach_node_sysfs(struct device_node *np) {}
 int of_resolve_phandles(struct device_node *tree);
 #endif
 
+#if defined(CONFIG_OF_DYNAMIC)
+void __of_free_phandle_cache_entry(phandle handle);
+#endif
+
 #if defined(CONFIG_OF_OVERLAY)
 void of_overlay_mutex_lock(void);
 void of_overlay_mutex_unlock(void);