diff --git a/drivers/firmware/arm_scmi/shmem.c b/drivers/firmware/arm_scmi/shmem.c
index 11c347bff766..dadb37557f8a 100644
--- a/drivers/firmware/arm_scmi/shmem.c
+++ b/drivers/firmware/arm_scmi/shmem.c
@@ -196,7 +196,6 @@ static void __iomem *shmem_setup_iomap(struct scmi_chan_info *cinfo,
 				       struct resource *res,
 				       struct scmi_shmem_io_ops **ops)
 {
-	struct device_node *shmem __free(device_node);
 	const char *desc = tx ? "Tx" : "Rx";
 	int ret, idx = tx ? 0 : 1;
 	struct device *cdev = cinfo->dev;
@@ -205,7 +204,9 @@ static void __iomem *shmem_setup_iomap(struct scmi_chan_info *cinfo,
 	void __iomem *addr;
 	u32 reg_io_width;
 
-	shmem = of_parse_phandle(cdev->of_node, "shmem", idx);
+	struct device_node *shmem __free(device_node) = of_parse_phandle(cdev->of_node,
+		"shmem", idx);
+
 	if (!shmem)
 		return IOMEM_ERR_PTR(-ENODEV);