diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/btext.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/btext.c
index 8275858a434d..2d91ba38b452 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/btext.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/btext.c
@@ -257,8 +257,10 @@ int __init btext_find_display(int allow_nonstdout)
 			rc = btext_initialize(np);
 			printk("result: %d\n", rc);
 		}
-		if (rc == 0)
+		if (rc == 0) {
+			of_node_put(np);
 			break;
+		}
 	}
 	return rc;
 }