diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mediatek/mtk_wed.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mediatek/mtk_wed.c
index 099b6e0df619a9cd580d69058504e2a32393a529..09bbd05bd83c1ffe017ef7a3d7a2618c53d657cd 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mediatek/mtk_wed.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mediatek/mtk_wed.c
@@ -1077,11 +1077,11 @@ void mtk_wed_add_hw(struct device_node *np, struct mtk_eth *eth,
 	get_device(&pdev->dev);
 	irq = platform_get_irq(pdev, 0);
 	if (irq < 0)
-		return;
+		goto err_put_device;
 
 	regs = syscon_regmap_lookup_by_phandle(np, NULL);
 	if (IS_ERR(regs))
-		return;
+		goto err_put_device;
 
 	rcu_assign_pointer(mtk_soc_wed_ops, &wed_ops);
 
@@ -1124,8 +1124,14 @@ void mtk_wed_add_hw(struct device_node *np, struct mtk_eth *eth,
 
 	hw_list[index] = hw;
 
+	mutex_unlock(&hw_lock);
+
+	return;
+
 unlock:
 	mutex_unlock(&hw_lock);
+err_put_device:
+	put_device(&pdev->dev);
 }
 
 void mtk_wed_exit(void)