diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/sun4i/sun4i_backend.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/sun4i/sun4i_backend.c
index d7950b52a1fd..e30b1f5b9d91 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/sun4i/sun4i_backend.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/sun4i/sun4i_backend.c
@@ -717,17 +717,18 @@ static struct sun4i_frontend *sun4i_backend_find_frontend(struct sun4i_drv *drv,
 		remote = of_graph_get_remote_port_parent(ep);
 		if (!remote)
 			continue;
+		of_node_put(remote);
 
 		/* does this node match any registered engines? */
 		list_for_each_entry(frontend, &drv->frontend_list, list) {
 			if (remote == frontend->node) {
-				of_node_put(remote);
 				of_node_put(port);
+				of_node_put(ep);
 				return frontend;
 			}
 		}
 	}
-
+	of_node_put(port);
 	return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
 }