diff --git a/libfdt/fdt_overlay.c b/libfdt/fdt_overlay.c
index b310e49..d217e79 100644
--- a/libfdt/fdt_overlay.c
+++ b/libfdt/fdt_overlay.c
@@ -241,6 +241,7 @@ static int overlay_update_local_node_references(void *fdto,
 
 		if (fixup_len % sizeof(uint32_t))
 			return -FDT_ERR_BADOVERLAY;
+		fixup_len /= sizeof(uint32_t);
 
 		tree_val = fdt_getprop(fdto, tree_node, name, &tree_len);
 		if (!tree_val) {
@@ -250,7 +251,7 @@ static int overlay_update_local_node_references(void *fdto,
 			return tree_len;
 		}
 
-		for (i = 0; i < (fixup_len / sizeof(uint32_t)); i++) {
+		for (i = 0; i < fixup_len; i++) {
 			fdt32_t adj_val;
 			uint32_t poffset;