diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/af/ptp.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/af/ptp.c
index 9b8e59f4c206..77cb52b80c60 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/af/ptp.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/af/ptp.c
@@ -85,6 +85,8 @@ struct ptp *ptp_get(void)
 	/* Check driver is bound to PTP block */
 	if (!ptp)
 		ptp = ERR_PTR(-EPROBE_DEFER);
+	else
+		pci_dev_get(ptp->pdev);
 
 	return ptp;
 }