diff --git a/drivers/of/property.c b/drivers/of/property.c
index 43720c2de138bf1ed13ca988ab794f0b9cdca92d..13c7e55f5cbadd95c898226476f61b4fb50a0a61 100644
--- a/drivers/of/property.c
+++ b/drivers/of/property.c
@@ -918,8 +918,10 @@ of_fwnode_get_reference_args(const struct fwnode_handle *fwnode,
 						       nargs, index, &of_args);
 	if (ret < 0)
 		return ret;
-	if (!args)
+	if (!args) {
+		of_node_put(of_args.np);
 		return 0;
+	}
 
 	args->nargs = of_args.args_count;
 	args->fwnode = of_fwnode_handle(of_args.np);