diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/tiny/arcpgu.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/tiny/arcpgu.c
index 7cf0f0ea1bfe..505888497482 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/tiny/arcpgu.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/tiny/arcpgu.c
@@ -308,10 +308,9 @@ static int arcpgu_load(struct arcpgu_drm_private *arcpgu)
 		return ret;
 
 	if (encoder_node) {
-		struct drm_bridge *bridge;
-
 		/* Locate drm bridge from the hdmi encoder DT node */
-		bridge = of_drm_find_bridge(encoder_node);
+		struct drm_bridge *bridge __free(drm_bridge_put) =
+			of_drm_find_and_get_bridge(encoder_node);
 		if (!bridge)
 			return -EPROBE_DEFER;