diff --git a/common/fdt_support.c b/common/fdt_support.c
index f9f358e7e8308e17dd76a6268558f45f3fa0d570..cc0bf76595be947e2b399098f8d7ea24a5ffd688 100644
--- a/common/fdt_support.c
+++ b/common/fdt_support.c
@@ -49,6 +49,37 @@ static void write_cell(u8 *addr, u64 val, int size)
 	}
 }
 
+/**
+ * fdt_getprop_u32_default_node - Return a node's property or a default
+ *
+ * @fdt: ptr to device tree
+ * @off: offset of node
+ * @cell: cell offset in property
+ * @prop: property name
+ * @dflt: default value if the property isn't found
+ *
+ * Convenience function to return a node's property or a default value if
+ * the property doesn't exist.
+ */
+u32 fdt_getprop_u32_default_node(const void *fdt, int off, int cell,
+				const char *prop, const u32 dflt)
+{
+	const fdt32_t *val;
+	int len;
+
+	val = fdt_getprop(fdt, off, prop, &len);
+
+	/* Check if property exists */
+	if (!val)
+		return dflt;
+
+	/* Check if property is long enough */
+	if (len < ((cell + 1) * sizeof(uint32_t)))
+		return dflt;
+
+	return fdt32_to_cpu(*val);
+}
+
 /**
  * fdt_getprop_u32_default - Find a node and return it's property or a default
  *
@@ -63,18 +94,13 @@ static void write_cell(u8 *addr, u64 val, int size)
 u32 fdt_getprop_u32_default(const void *fdt, const char *path,
 				const char *prop, const u32 dflt)
 {
-	const fdt32_t *val;
 	int off;
 
 	off = fdt_path_offset(fdt, path);
 	if (off < 0)
 		return dflt;
 
-	val = fdt_getprop(fdt, off, prop, NULL);
-	if (val)
-		return fdt32_to_cpu(*val);
-	else
-		return dflt;
+	return fdt_getprop_u32_default_node(fdt, off, 0, prop, dflt);
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/include/fdt_support.h b/include/fdt_support.h
index 76c9b2e776ce20469165b1713bc3183c2db5c2d1..61383ddd43f07c7df239cd50c684e658f69e5f6d 100644
--- a/include/fdt_support.h
+++ b/include/fdt_support.h
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@
 
 #include <libfdt.h>
 
+u32 fdt_getprop_u32_default_node(const void *fdt, int off, int cell,
+				const char *prop, const u32 dflt);
 u32 fdt_getprop_u32_default(const void *fdt, const char *path,
 				const char *prop, const u32 dflt);
 int fdt_chosen(void *fdt, int force);