diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-versatile/platsmp-vexpress.c b/arch/arm/mach-versatile/platsmp-vexpress.c
index 1ee3c45e71c9..b810ad50b98c 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-versatile/platsmp-vexpress.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-versatile/platsmp-vexpress.c
@@ -61,8 +61,8 @@ static const struct of_device_id vexpress_smp_dt_scu_match[] __initconst = {
 
 static void __init vexpress_smp_dt_prepare_cpus(unsigned int max_cpus)
 {
-	struct device_node *scu = of_find_matching_node(NULL,
-			vexpress_smp_dt_scu_match);
+	struct device_node *scu __free(device_node) =
+		of_find_matching_node(NULL, vexpress_smp_dt_scu_match);
 
 	if (scu)
 		scu_enable(of_iomap(scu, 0));