diff --git a/drivers/usb/emul/sandbox_flash.c b/drivers/usb/emul/sandbox_flash.c
index 9abb323745aa9609f693bb411687fc88d4cfd98c..73fa82b8e61380e376a3093d8e3a4fc950ad0b0f 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/emul/sandbox_flash.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/emul/sandbox_flash.c
@@ -371,10 +371,8 @@ err:
 static int sandbox_flash_ofdata_to_platdata(struct udevice *dev)
 {
 	struct sandbox_flash_plat *plat = dev_get_platdata(dev);
-	const void *blob = gd->fdt_blob;
 
-	plat->pathname = fdt_getprop(blob, dev_of_offset(dev),
-				     "sandbox,filepath", NULL);
+	plat->pathname = dev_read_string(dev, "sandbox,filepath");
 
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/drivers/usb/emul/sandbox_hub.c b/drivers/usb/emul/sandbox_hub.c
index f0939b19f484b2bbfac8e0db01bd5f8ce12e48e9..9ffda9cc7479061cfd121a47d5a5838da5c1447d 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/emul/sandbox_hub.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/emul/sandbox_hub.c
@@ -277,8 +277,7 @@ static int sandbox_child_post_bind(struct udevice *dev)
 {
 	struct sandbox_hub_platdata *plat = dev_get_parent_platdata(dev);
 
-	plat->port = fdtdec_get_int(gd->fdt_blob, dev_of_offset(dev), "reg",
-				    -1);
+	plat->port = dev_read_u32_default(dev, "reg", -1);
 
 	return 0;
 }