diff --git a/drivers/of/unittest.c b/drivers/of/unittest.c
index 1d4b0b7d0cc1..a5c4c77b6f3e 100644
--- a/drivers/of/unittest.c
+++ b/drivers/of/unittest.c
@@ -910,11 +910,18 @@ static void __init of_unittest_dma_ranges_one(const char *path,
 	if (!rc) {
 		phys_addr_t	paddr;
 		dma_addr_t	dma_addr;
-		struct device	dev_bogus;
+		struct device	*dev_bogus;
 
-		dev_bogus.dma_range_map = map;
-		paddr = dma_to_phys(&dev_bogus, expect_dma_addr);
-		dma_addr = phys_to_dma(&dev_bogus, expect_paddr);
+		dev_bogus = kzalloc(sizeof(struct device), GFP_KERNEL);
+		if (!dev_bogus) {
+			unittest(0, "kzalloc() failed\n");
+			kfree(map);
+			return;
+		}
+
+		dev_bogus->dma_range_map = map;
+		paddr = dma_to_phys(dev_bogus, expect_dma_addr);
+		dma_addr = phys_to_dma(dev_bogus, expect_paddr);
 
 		unittest(paddr == expect_paddr,
 			 "of_dma_get_range: wrong phys addr %pap (expecting %llx) on node %pOF\n",
@@ -924,6 +931,7 @@ static void __init of_unittest_dma_ranges_one(const char *path,
 			 &dma_addr, expect_dma_addr, np);
 
 		kfree(map);
+		kfree(dev_bogus);
 	}
 	of_node_put(np);
 #endif