diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/tegra/dsi.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/tegra/dsi.c
index 13413d2b2602..4e454479ff15 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/tegra/dsi.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/tegra/dsi.c
@@ -1451,9 +1451,11 @@ static int tegra_dsi_ganged_probe(struct tegra_dsi *dsi)
 	np = of_parse_phandle(dsi->dev->of_node, "nvidia,ganged-mode", 0);
 	if (np) {
 		struct platform_device *gangster = of_find_device_by_node(np);
+		of_node_put(np);
+		if (!gangster)
+			return -EPROBE_DEFER;
 
 		dsi->slave = platform_get_drvdata(gangster);
-		of_node_put(np);
 
 		if (!dsi->slave) {
 			put_device(&gangster->dev);