diff --git a/drivers/net/phy/fixed_phy.c b/drivers/net/phy/fixed_phy.c
index c649c101bbaba97ec44255b9ee1e7a878c26ada5..eb51672106811e35ee0a7b3f0578560e16bc3670 100644
--- a/drivers/net/phy/fixed_phy.c
+++ b/drivers/net/phy/fixed_phy.c
@@ -279,7 +279,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(fixed_phy_register);
 void fixed_phy_unregister(struct phy_device *phy)
 {
 	phy_device_remove(phy);
-
+	of_node_put(phy->mdio.dev.of_node);
 	fixed_phy_del(phy->mdio.addr);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(fixed_phy_unregister);