diff --git a/drivers/pinctrl/freescale/pinctrl-mxs.c b/drivers/pinctrl/freescale/pinctrl-mxs.c
index a612e46ca51c..c48b6fb5e8fe 100644
--- a/drivers/pinctrl/freescale/pinctrl-mxs.c
+++ b/drivers/pinctrl/freescale/pinctrl-mxs.c
@@ -405,8 +405,8 @@ static int mxs_pinctrl_probe_dt(struct platform_device *pdev,
 	int ret;
 	u32 val;
 
-	child = of_get_next_child(np, NULL);
-	if (!child) {
+	val = of_get_child_count(np);
+	if (val == 0) {
 		dev_err(&pdev->dev, "no group is defined\n");
 		return -ENOENT;
 	}