diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mv643xx_eth.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mv643xx_eth.c
index f9055b3d6fb1..1881583be5ce 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mv643xx_eth.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mv643xx_eth.c
@@ -2780,7 +2780,7 @@ static int mv643xx_eth_shared_of_add_port(struct platform_device *pdev,
 		goto put_err;
 	}
 	ppdev->dev.coherent_dma_mask = DMA_BIT_MASK(32);
-	ppdev->dev.of_node = pnp;
+	ppdev->dev.of_node = of_node_get(pnp);
 
 	ret = platform_device_add_resources(ppdev, &res, 1);
 	if (ret)