diff --git a/drivers/mtd/mtdcore.c b/drivers/mtd/mtdcore.c
index 675305139a54..686ada1a63e9 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/mtdcore.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/mtdcore.c
@@ -776,6 +776,7 @@ int del_mtd_device(struct mtd_info *mtd)
 {
 	int ret;
 	struct mtd_notifier *not;
+	struct device_node *mtd_of_node;
 
 	mutex_lock(&mtd_table_mutex);
 
@@ -794,6 +795,7 @@ int del_mtd_device(struct mtd_info *mtd)
 		       mtd->index, mtd->name, mtd->usecount);
 		ret = -EBUSY;
 	} else {
+		mtd_of_node = mtd_get_of_node(mtd);
 		debugfs_remove_recursive(mtd->dbg.dfs_dir);
 
 		/* Try to remove the NVMEM provider */
@@ -805,7 +807,7 @@ int del_mtd_device(struct mtd_info *mtd)
 		memset(&mtd->dev, 0, sizeof(mtd->dev));
 
 		idr_remove(&mtd_idr, mtd->index);
-		of_node_put(mtd_get_of_node(mtd));
+		of_node_put(mtd_of_node);
 
 		module_put(THIS_MODULE);
 		ret = 0;