diff --git a/test/py/tests/test_ofplatdata.py b/test/py/tests/test_ofplatdata.py
index 263334b074..13154935b9 100644
--- a/test/py/tests/test_ofplatdata.py
+++ b/test/py/tests/test_ofplatdata.py
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ byte 08
 bytearray 01 23 34
 int 3
 intarray 5 0 0 0
-longbytearray 09 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
+longbytearray 09 0a 0b 0c 00 00 00 00 00
 string message2
 stringarray "another" "multi-word" "message"
 of-platdata probe:
diff --git a/tools/dtoc/dtoc_test_simple.dts b/tools/dtoc/dtoc_test_simple.dts
index 11bfc4c47a..fd168cb593 100644
--- a/tools/dtoc/dtoc_test_simple.dts
+++ b/tools/dtoc/dtoc_test_simple.dts
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@
 		u-boot,dm-pre-reloc;
 		compatible = "sandbox,spl-test";
 		stringarray = "one";
+		longbytearray = [09 0a 0b 0c 0d 0e 0f 10];
 	};
 
 	spl-test4 {
diff --git a/tools/dtoc/fdt.py b/tools/dtoc/fdt.py
index d058c59e92..03b86773d5 100644
--- a/tools/dtoc/fdt.py
+++ b/tools/dtoc/fdt.py
@@ -129,6 +129,15 @@ class Prop:
         specific.
         """
         if newprop.type < self.type:
+            # Special handling to convert an int into bytes
+            if self.type == TYPE_INT and newprop.type == TYPE_BYTE:
+                if type(self.value) == list:
+                    new_value = []
+                    for val in self.value:
+                        new_value += [tools.ToChar(by) for by in val]
+                else:
+                    new_value = [tools.ToChar(by) for by in self.value]
+                self.value = new_value
             self.type = newprop.type
 
         if type(newprop.value) == list and type(self.value) != list:
diff --git a/tools/dtoc/test_dtoc.py b/tools/dtoc/test_dtoc.py
index 857a98e435..8dcac91ee7 100755
--- a/tools/dtoc/test_dtoc.py
+++ b/tools/dtoc/test_dtoc.py
@@ -255,7 +255,7 @@ static struct dtd_sandbox_spl_test dtv_spl_test2 = {
 \t.byteval\t\t= 0x8,
 \t.intarray\t\t= {0x5, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0},
 \t.intval\t\t\t= 0x3,
-\t.longbytearray\t\t= {0x9, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0,
+\t.longbytearray\t\t= {0x9, 0xa, 0xb, 0xc, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0,
 \t\t0x0},
 \t.stringarray\t\t= {"another", "multi-word", "message"},
 \t.stringval\t\t= "message2",
@@ -268,6 +268,8 @@ U_BOOT_DEVICE(spl_test2) = {
 
 /* Node /spl-test3 index 4 */
 static struct dtd_sandbox_spl_test dtv_spl_test3 = {
+\t.longbytearray\t\t= {0x9, 0xa, 0xb, 0xc, 0xd, 0xe, 0xf, 0x10,
+\t\t0x0},
 \t.stringarray\t\t= {"one", "", ""},
 };
 U_BOOT_DEVICE(spl_test3) = {
diff --git a/tools/dtoc/test_fdt.py b/tools/dtoc/test_fdt.py
index b4f9b7f498..cfe3e04c7a 100755
--- a/tools/dtoc/test_fdt.py
+++ b/tools/dtoc/test_fdt.py
@@ -298,6 +298,7 @@ class TestProp(unittest.TestCase):
     def testWiden(self):
         """Test widening of values"""
         node2 = self.dtb.GetNode('/spl-test2')
+        node3 = self.dtb.GetNode('/spl-test3')
         prop = self.node.props['intval']
 
         # No action
@@ -316,11 +317,20 @@ class TestProp(unittest.TestCase):
         # byte array, it should turn into an array.
         prop = self.node.props['longbytearray']
         prop2 = node2.props['longbytearray']
+        prop3 = node3.props['longbytearray']
         self.assertFalse(isinstance(prop2.value, list))
         self.assertEqual(4, len(prop2.value))
+        self.assertEqual(b'\x09\x0a\x0b\x0c', prop2.value)
         prop2.Widen(prop)
         self.assertTrue(isinstance(prop2.value, list))
         self.assertEqual(9, len(prop2.value))
+        self.assertEqual(['\x09', '\x0a', '\x0b', '\x0c', '\0',
+                          '\0', '\0', '\0', '\0'], prop2.value)
+        prop3.Widen(prop)
+        self.assertTrue(isinstance(prop3.value, list))
+        self.assertEqual(9, len(prop3.value))
+        self.assertEqual(['\x09', '\x0a', '\x0b', '\x0c', '\x0d',
+                          '\x0e', '\x0f', '\x10', '\0'], prop3.value)
 
         # Similarly for a string array
         prop = self.node.props['stringval']