--- zzzz-none-000/linux-3.10.107/scripts/dtc/livetree.c	2017-06-27 09:49:32.000000000 +0000
+++ scorpion-7490-727/linux-3.10.107/scripts/dtc/livetree.c	2021-02-04 17:41:59.000000000 +0000
@@ -511,7 +511,9 @@
 
 struct node *get_node_by_ref(struct node *tree, const char *ref)
 {
-	if (ref[0] == '/')
+	if (streq(ref, "/"))
+		return tree;
+	else if (ref[0] == '/')
 		return get_node_by_path(tree, ref);
 	else
 		return get_node_by_label(tree, ref);