diff --git a/drivers/of/platform.c b/drivers/of/platform.c
index 78cfb15c7890c9005d900b4050ceff66055d1e8c..faf7d87f883366ffb38238c3c57ca4b2d8e24e63 100644
--- a/drivers/of/platform.c
+++ b/drivers/of/platform.c
@@ -519,8 +519,10 @@ static int __init of_platform_default_populate_init(void)
 		of_platform_device_create(node, NULL, NULL);
 
 	node = of_find_node_by_path("/firmware");
-	if (node)
+	if (node) {
 		of_platform_populate(node, NULL, NULL, NULL);
+		of_node_put(node);
+	}
 
 	/* Populate everything else. */
 	of_platform_default_populate(NULL, NULL, NULL);