diff --git a/include/linux/of.h b/include/linux/of.h
index ddeaae6..9b32cbd 100644
--- a/include/linux/of.h
+++ b/include/linux/of.h
@@ -120,6 +120,12 @@
 extern struct device_node *of_stdout;
 extern raw_spinlock_t devtree_lock;
 
+/* flag descriptions (need to be visible even when !CONFIG_OF) */
+#define OF_DYNAMIC	1 /* node and properties were allocated via kmalloc */
+#define OF_DETACHED	2 /* node has been detached from the device tree */
+#define OF_POPULATED	3 /* device already created for the node */
+#define OF_POPULATED_BUS	4 /* of_platform_populate recursed to children of this node */
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_OF
 static inline bool is_of_node(struct fwnode_handle *fwnode)
 {
@@ -217,12 +223,6 @@
 #define of_node_cmp(s1, s2)		strcasecmp((s1), (s2))
 #endif
 
-/* flag descriptions */
-#define OF_DYNAMIC	1 /* node and properties were allocated via kmalloc */
-#define OF_DETACHED	2 /* node has been detached from the device tree */
-#define OF_POPULATED	3 /* device already created for the node */
-#define OF_POPULATED_BUS	4 /* of_platform_populate recursed to children of this node */
-
 #define OF_IS_DYNAMIC(x) test_bit(OF_DYNAMIC, &x->_flags)
 #define OF_MARK_DYNAMIC(x) set_bit(OF_DYNAMIC, &x->_flags)