diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/omapdrm/dss/dss-of.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/omapdrm/dss/dss-of.c
index dfd4e9621e3b1c969b76ac6873a480a163d98959..e256d879b25ccc379cf93201b155f31e00269af2 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/omapdrm/dss/dss-of.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/omapdrm/dss/dss-of.c
@@ -125,15 +125,16 @@ u32 dss_of_port_get_port_number(struct device_node *port)
 
 static struct device_node *omapdss_of_get_remote_port(const struct device_node *node)
 {
-	struct device_node *np;
+	struct device_node *np, *np_parent;
 
 	np = of_parse_phandle(node, "remote-endpoint", 0);
 	if (!np)
 		return NULL;
 
-	np = of_get_next_parent(np);
+	np_parent = of_get_next_parent(np);
+	of_node_put(np);
 
-	return np;
+	return np_parent;
 }
 
 struct device_node *