diff --git a/drivers/base/swnode.c b/drivers/base/swnode.c
index f59dfd01725f6721bc2a28f6bb1aaeeaea0da088..d8d0dc0ca5acf289c8a712cd2a9d78dc5c6fcf24 100644
--- a/drivers/base/swnode.c
+++ b/drivers/base/swnode.c
@@ -173,28 +173,21 @@ static int property_entry_read_string_array(const struct property_entry *props,
 					    const char *propname,
 					    const char **strings, size_t nval)
 {
-	const struct property_entry *prop;
 	const void *pointer;
-	size_t array_len, length;
+	size_t length;
+	int array_len;
 
 	/* Find out the array length. */
-	prop = property_entry_get(props, propname);
-	if (!prop)
-		return -EINVAL;
-
-	if (prop->is_array)
-		/* Find the length of an array. */
-		array_len = property_entry_count_elems_of_size(props, propname,
-							  sizeof(const char *));
-	else
-		/* The array length for a non-array string property is 1. */
-		array_len = 1;
+	array_len = property_entry_count_elems_of_size(props, propname,
+						       sizeof(const char *));
+	if (array_len < 0)
+		return array_len;
 
 	/* Return how many there are if strings is NULL. */
 	if (!strings)
 		return array_len;
 
-	array_len = min(nval, array_len);
+	array_len = min_t(size_t, nval, array_len);
 	length = array_len * sizeof(*strings);
 
 	pointer = property_entry_find(props, propname, length);