diff --git a/drivers/mmc/host/cavium-octeon.c b/drivers/mmc/host/cavium-octeon.c
index 2c4b2df52adb1f774d77296dc9bbc168864f4f05..12dca91a8ef61594b7cba1c715b92b4bfa2bcffe 100644
--- a/drivers/mmc/host/cavium-octeon.c
+++ b/drivers/mmc/host/cavium-octeon.c
@@ -277,6 +277,7 @@ static int octeon_mmc_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 		if (ret) {
 			dev_err(&pdev->dev, "Error populating slots\n");
 			octeon_mmc_set_shared_power(host, 0);
+			of_node_put(cn);
 			goto error;
 		}
 		i++;