diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/adreno/a6xx_gpu.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/adreno/a6xx_gpu.c
index 615509c8917e..1e455391fbac 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/adreno/a6xx_gpu.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/adreno/a6xx_gpu.c
@@ -2621,7 +2621,6 @@ static struct msm_gpu *a6xx_gpu_init(struct drm_device *dev)
 	struct platform_device *pdev = priv->gpu_pdev;
 	struct adreno_platform_config *config = pdev->dev.platform_data;
 	const struct adreno_info *info = config->info;
-	struct device_node *node;
 	struct a6xx_gpu *a6xx_gpu;
 	struct adreno_gpu *adreno_gpu;
 	struct msm_gpu *gpu;
@@ -2643,7 +2642,8 @@ static struct msm_gpu *a6xx_gpu_init(struct drm_device *dev)
 	adreno_gpu->registers = NULL;
 
 	/* Check if there is a GMU phandle and set it up */
-	node = of_parse_phandle(pdev->dev.of_node, "qcom,gmu", 0);
+	struct device_node *node __free(device_node) =
+		of_parse_phandle(pdev->dev.of_node, "qcom,gmu", 0);
 	/* FIXME: How do we gracefully handle this? */
 	BUG_ON(!node);
 
@@ -2690,7 +2690,6 @@ static struct msm_gpu *a6xx_gpu_init(struct drm_device *dev)
 		ret = a6xx_gmu_wrapper_init(a6xx_gpu, node);
 	else
 		ret = a6xx_gmu_init(a6xx_gpu, node);
-	of_node_put(node);
 	if (ret) {
 		a6xx_destroy(&(a6xx_gpu->base.base));
 		return ERR_PTR(ret);