diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-omap2/display.c b/arch/arm/mach-omap2/display.c
index eb09a25e3b45..8d829f3dafe7 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-omap2/display.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-omap2/display.c
@@ -260,11 +260,13 @@ static int __init omapdss_init_of(void)
 
 	if (!pdev) {
 		pr_err("Unable to find DSS platform device\n");
+		of_node_put(node);
 		return -ENODEV;
 	}
 
 	r = of_platform_populate(node, NULL, NULL, &pdev->dev);
 	put_device(&pdev->dev);
+	of_node_put(node);
 	if (r) {
 		pr_err("Unable to populate DSS submodule devices\n");
 		return r;