diff --git a/drivers/i2c/i2c-core-base.c b/drivers/i2c/i2c-core-base.c
index a407022fdc7632c0da88f09ddfdec41ee7021941..c3f17ca55fd33497b4aa65a2494f88f7756acd69 100644
--- a/drivers/i2c/i2c-core-base.c
+++ b/drivers/i2c/i2c-core-base.c
@@ -742,7 +742,7 @@ i2c_new_device(struct i2c_adapter *adap, struct i2c_board_info const *info)
 	client->dev.parent = &client->adapter->dev;
 	client->dev.bus = &i2c_bus_type;
 	client->dev.type = &i2c_client_type;
-	client->dev.of_node = info->of_node;
+	client->dev.of_node = of_node_get(info->of_node);
 	client->dev.fwnode = info->fwnode;
 
 	i2c_dev_set_name(adap, client, info);
@@ -753,7 +753,7 @@ i2c_new_device(struct i2c_adapter *adap, struct i2c_board_info const *info)
 			dev_err(&adap->dev,
 				"Failed to add properties to client %s: %d\n",
 				client->name, status);
-			goto out_err;
+			goto out_err_put_of_node;
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -769,6 +769,8 @@ i2c_new_device(struct i2c_adapter *adap, struct i2c_board_info const *info)
 out_free_props:
 	if (info->properties)
 		device_remove_properties(&client->dev);
+out_err_put_of_node:
+	of_node_put(info->of_node);
 out_err:
 	dev_err(&adap->dev,
 		"Failed to register i2c client %s at 0x%02x (%d)\n",
diff --git a/drivers/i2c/i2c-core-of.c b/drivers/i2c/i2c-core-of.c
index 15bd51eca37bed5562f322beb2590b1ab9160816..9fb38e99a6c610ec3b9d518d48abd7182b0658bf 100644
--- a/drivers/i2c/i2c-core-of.c
+++ b/drivers/i2c/i2c-core-of.c
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ static struct i2c_client *of_i2c_register_device(struct i2c_adapter *adap,
 	}
 
 	info.addr = addr;
-	info.of_node = of_node_get(node);
+	info.of_node = node;
 
 	if (of_property_read_bool(node, "host-notify"))
 		info.flags |= I2C_CLIENT_HOST_NOTIFY;
@@ -66,7 +66,6 @@ static struct i2c_client *of_i2c_register_device(struct i2c_adapter *adap,
 	client = i2c_new_device(adap, &info);
 	if (!client) {
 		dev_err(&adap->dev, "of_i2c: Failure registering %pOF\n", node);
-		of_node_put(node);
 		return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
 	}
 	return client;