diff --git a/drivers/mfd/mfd-core.c b/drivers/mfd/mfd-core.c
index 3ac486a597f3c31e8e362f1f9954098cdf081086..c57e407020f11dd19aff3a9dd4b9ba7ce9c7b351 100644
--- a/drivers/mfd/mfd-core.c
+++ b/drivers/mfd/mfd-core.c
@@ -399,6 +399,8 @@ int mfd_clone_cell(const char *cell, const char **clones, size_t n_clones)
 					clones[i]);
 	}
 
+	put_device(dev);
+
 	return 0;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(mfd_clone_cell);