diff --git a/meta-raspberrypi/recipes-bsp/u-boot/files/0001-dm-core-Move-ofdata_to_platdata-call-earlier.patch b/meta-raspberrypi/recipes-bsp/u-boot/files/0001-dm-core-Move-ofdata_to_platdata-call-earlier.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..996ad10
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta-raspberrypi/recipes-bsp/u-boot/files/0001-dm-core-Move-ofdata_to_platdata-call-earlier.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+From 336d86ebd146905cf4384912f4f27699b6e37c72 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>
+Date: Sun, 29 Dec 2019 21:19:17 -0700
+Subject: [PATCH] dm: core: Move ofdata_to_platdata() call earlier
+
+This method is supposed to extract platform data from the device tree. It
+should be done before the device itself is probed. Move it earlier in the
+device_probe() function.
+
+Upstream-Status: Backport
+
+Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>
+---
+ drivers/core/device.c | 14 +++++++-------
+ 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/drivers/core/device.c b/drivers/core/device.c
+index 4e03708..291ff4c 100644
+--- a/drivers/core/device.c
++++ b/drivers/core/device.c
+@@ -375,6 +375,13 @@ int device_probe(struct udevice *dev)
+ 			return 0;
+ 	}
+ 
++	if (drv->ofdata_to_platdata &&
++	    (CONFIG_IS_ENABLED(OF_PLATDATA) || dev_has_of_node(dev))) {
++		ret = drv->ofdata_to_platdata(dev);
++		if (ret)
++			goto fail;
++	}
++
+ 	seq = uclass_resolve_seq(dev);
+ 	if (seq < 0) {
+ 		ret = seq;
+@@ -411,13 +418,6 @@ int device_probe(struct udevice *dev)
+ 			goto fail;
+ 	}
+ 
+-	if (drv->ofdata_to_platdata &&
+-	    (CONFIG_IS_ENABLED(OF_PLATDATA) || dev_has_of_node(dev))) {
+-		ret = drv->ofdata_to_platdata(dev);
+-		if (ret)
+-			goto fail;
+-	}
+-
+ 	/* Only handle devices that have a valid ofnode */
+ 	if (dev_of_valid(dev)) {
+ 		/*
+-- 
+2.7.4
+
diff --git a/meta-raspberrypi/recipes-bsp/u-boot/u-boot_%.bbappend b/meta-raspberrypi/recipes-bsp/u-boot/u-boot_%.bbappend
index 7f38adb..cdfe5bb 100644
--- a/meta-raspberrypi/recipes-bsp/u-boot/u-boot_%.bbappend
+++ b/meta-raspberrypi/recipes-bsp/u-boot/u-boot_%.bbappend
@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@
     file://fw_env.config \
 "
 
+# special fix for raspberrypi-cm3
+SRC_URI_append_raspberrypi-cm3 = " file://0001-dm-core-Move-ofdata_to_platdata-call-earlier.patch"
+
 DEPENDS_append_rpi = " u-boot-default-script"
 
 do_install_append_rpi () {