diff --git a/drivers/base/core.c b/drivers/base/core.c
index 4a8bf8cda52bc77243fcffb8af554309aeed01bb..628e33939acaed4cb20c92016279b87071d4c430 100644
--- a/drivers/base/core.c
+++ b/drivers/base/core.c
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ void fwnode_links_purge(struct fwnode_handle *fwnode)
 	fwnode_links_purge_consumers(fwnode);
 }
 
-static void fw_devlink_purge_absent_suppliers(struct fwnode_handle *fwnode)
+void fw_devlink_purge_absent_suppliers(struct fwnode_handle *fwnode)
 {
 	struct fwnode_handle *child;
 
@@ -164,6 +164,7 @@ static void fw_devlink_purge_absent_suppliers(struct fwnode_handle *fwnode)
 	fwnode_for_each_available_child_node(fwnode, child)
 		fw_devlink_purge_absent_suppliers(child);
 }
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(fw_devlink_purge_absent_suppliers);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_SRCU
 static DEFINE_MUTEX(device_links_lock);
diff --git a/drivers/clk/clk.c b/drivers/clk/clk.c
index e2ec1b7452439cde9a4fcf54c1b3c2e2954cf33d..65508eb89ec9965395ceb98e1aeb5c2f324e4cf1 100644
--- a/drivers/clk/clk.c
+++ b/drivers/clk/clk.c
@@ -4540,6 +4540,9 @@ int of_clk_add_provider(struct device_node *np,
 	struct of_clk_provider *cp;
 	int ret;
 
+	if (!np)
+		return 0;
+
 	cp = kzalloc(sizeof(*cp), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!cp)
 		return -ENOMEM;
@@ -4579,6 +4582,9 @@ int of_clk_add_hw_provider(struct device_node *np,
 	struct of_clk_provider *cp;
 	int ret;
 
+	if (!np)
+		return 0;
+
 	cp = kzalloc(sizeof(*cp), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!cp)
 		return -ENOMEM;
@@ -4676,6 +4682,9 @@ void of_clk_del_provider(struct device_node *np)
 {
 	struct of_clk_provider *cp;
 
+	if (!np)
+		return;
+
 	mutex_lock(&of_clk_mutex);
 	list_for_each_entry(cp, &of_clk_providers, link) {
 		if (cp->node == np) {
diff --git a/drivers/usb/typec/tcpm/tcpm.c b/drivers/usb/typec/tcpm/tcpm.c
index 72e4d63a236699d231dc228a7ebcaaf056b95d77..64133e586c644e7ccf0c0bd4a2c899eab9f76884 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/typec/tcpm/tcpm.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/typec/tcpm/tcpm.c
@@ -5818,6 +5818,15 @@ static int tcpm_fw_get_caps(struct tcpm_port *port,
 	if (!fwnode)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
+	/*
+	 * This fwnode has a "compatible" property, but is never populated as a
+	 * struct device. Instead we simply parse it to read the properties.
+	 * This it breaks fw_devlink=on. To maintain backward compatibility
+	 * with existing DT files, we work around this by deleting any
+	 * fwnode_links to/from this fwnode.
+	 */
+	fw_devlink_purge_absent_suppliers(fwnode);
+
 	/* USB data support is optional */
 	ret = fwnode_property_read_string(fwnode, "data-role", &cap_str);
 	if (ret == 0) {
diff --git a/include/linux/fwnode.h b/include/linux/fwnode.h
index ed4e67a7ff1c4bfe9992dee723190cd0a2719fe4..59828516ebaf1932a098eb9988f95fe8d17da5fb 100644
--- a/include/linux/fwnode.h
+++ b/include/linux/fwnode.h
@@ -187,5 +187,6 @@ extern u32 fw_devlink_get_flags(void);
 extern bool fw_devlink_is_strict(void);
 int fwnode_link_add(struct fwnode_handle *con, struct fwnode_handle *sup);
 void fwnode_links_purge(struct fwnode_handle *fwnode);
+void fw_devlink_purge_absent_suppliers(struct fwnode_handle *fwnode);
 
 #endif