diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/reconfig.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/reconfig.c
index 75769aae41d5ec7e67ee31dfc5b552971a7b1f77..dfa2ebd2deb55cb1305866cef9a29d30fb586271 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/reconfig.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/reconfig.c
@@ -365,7 +365,7 @@ static char *parse_node(char *buf, size_t bufsize, struct device_node **npp)
 	*buf = '\0';
 	buf++;
 
-	handle = simple_strtoul(handle_str, NULL, 10);
+	handle = simple_strtoul(handle_str, NULL, 0);
 
 	*npp = of_find_node_by_phandle(handle);
 	return buf;