diff --git a/lib/libfdt/fdt_wip.c b/lib/libfdt/fdt_wip.c
index c5bbb68..6aaab39 100644
--- a/lib/libfdt/fdt_wip.c
+++ b/lib/libfdt/fdt_wip.c
@@ -55,21 +55,42 @@
 
 #include "libfdt_internal.h"
 
-int fdt_setprop_inplace(void *fdt, int nodeoffset, const char *name,
-			const void *val, int len)
+int fdt_setprop_inplace_namelen_partial(void *fdt, int nodeoffset,
+					const char *name, int namelen,
+					uint32_t idx, const void *val,
+					int len)
 {
 	void *propval;
 	int proplen;
 
-	propval = fdt_getprop_w(fdt, nodeoffset, name, &proplen);
+	propval = fdt_getprop_namelen_w(fdt, nodeoffset, name, namelen,
+					&proplen);
+	if (!propval)
+		return proplen;
+
+	if (proplen < (len + idx))
+		return -FDT_ERR_NOSPACE;
+
+	memcpy((char *)propval + idx, val, len);
+	return 0;
+}
+
+int fdt_setprop_inplace(void *fdt, int nodeoffset, const char *name,
+			const void *val, int len)
+{
+	const void *propval;
+	int proplen;
+
+	propval = fdt_getprop(fdt, nodeoffset, name, &proplen);
 	if (! propval)
 		return proplen;
 
 	if (proplen != len)
 		return -FDT_ERR_NOSPACE;
 
-	memcpy(propval, val, len);
-	return 0;
+	return fdt_setprop_inplace_namelen_partial(fdt, nodeoffset, name,
+						   strlen(name), 0,
+						   val, len);
 }
 
 static void _fdt_nop_region(void *start, int len)