diff --git a/drivers/spi/spi.c b/drivers/spi/spi.c
index 18ebc400249c9..9a7def7c32370 100644
--- a/drivers/spi/spi.c
+++ b/drivers/spi/spi.c
@@ -1666,7 +1666,7 @@ static int of_spi_parse_dt(struct spi_controller *ctlr, struct spi_device *spi,
 	}
 
 	if (spi_controller_is_slave(ctlr)) {
-		if (strcmp(nc->name, "slave")) {
+		if (!of_node_name_eq(nc, "slave")) {
 			dev_err(&ctlr->dev, "%pOF is not called 'slave'\n",
 				nc);
 			return -EINVAL;