diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/bus/allwinner,sun8i-a23-rsb.yaml b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/bus/allwinner,sun8i-a23-rsb.yaml
index fc2f63860cc8..be32f087c529 100644
--- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/bus/allwinner,sun8i-a23-rsb.yaml
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/bus/allwinner,sun8i-a23-rsb.yaml
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ properties:
 
 patternProperties:
   "^.*@[0-9a-fA-F]+$":
+    type: object
     properties:
       reg:
         maxItems: 1
diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mtd/allwinner,sun4i-a10-nand.yaml b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mtd/allwinner,sun4i-a10-nand.yaml
index e5a411518be1..b5b3cf5b1ac2 100644
--- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mtd/allwinner,sun4i-a10-nand.yaml
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mtd/allwinner,sun4i-a10-nand.yaml
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ patternProperties:
   "^pinctrl-[0-9]+$": true
 
   "^nand@[a-f0-9]+$":
+    type: object
     properties:
       reg:
         minimum: 0
diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mtd/nand-controller.yaml b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mtd/nand-controller.yaml
index 199ba5ac2a06..d261b7096c69 100644
--- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mtd/nand-controller.yaml
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mtd/nand-controller.yaml
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ properties:
 
 patternProperties:
   "^nand@[a-f0-9]$":
+    type: object
     properties:
       reg:
         description:
diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/pinctrl/st,stm32-pinctrl.yaml b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/pinctrl/st,stm32-pinctrl.yaml
index 06c4b66c3ee6..3ac5d2088e49 100644
--- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/pinctrl/st,stm32-pinctrl.yaml
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/pinctrl/st,stm32-pinctrl.yaml
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ properties:
 
 patternProperties:
   '^gpio@[0-9a-f]*$':
+    type: object
     properties:
       gpio-controller: true
       '#gpio-cells':
@@ -113,8 +114,10 @@ patternProperties:
       - st,bank-name
 
   '-[0-9]*$':
+    type: object
     patternProperties:
       '^pins':
+        type: object
         description: |
           A pinctrl node should contain at least one subnode representing the
           pinctrl group available on the machine. Each subnode will list the
diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/spi/allwinner,sun4i-a10-spi.yaml b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/spi/allwinner,sun4i-a10-spi.yaml
index c374fd4923a6..6d1329c28170 100644
--- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/spi/allwinner,sun4i-a10-spi.yaml
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/spi/allwinner,sun4i-a10-spi.yaml
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ properties:
 
 patternProperties:
   "^.*@[0-9a-f]+":
+    type: object
     properties:
       reg:
         items:
diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/spi/allwinner,sun6i-a31-spi.yaml b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/spi/allwinner,sun6i-a31-spi.yaml
index bda7a5befd8b..f36c46d236d7 100644
--- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/spi/allwinner,sun6i-a31-spi.yaml
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/spi/allwinner,sun6i-a31-spi.yaml
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ properties:
 
 patternProperties:
   "^.*@[0-9a-f]+":
+    type: object
     properties:
       reg:
         items: