diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/dsi/dsi_host.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/dsi/dsi_host.c
index c05a55eca16f5a1d921c53f9af5839e9dae22717..ef60aef6e03b22a21ea98ec54d9581c62ac7801a 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/dsi/dsi_host.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/dsi/dsi_host.c
@@ -1605,8 +1605,12 @@ int msm_dsi_host_register(struct mipi_dsi_host *host, bool check_defer)
 			node = of_get_child_by_name(msm_host->pdev->dev.of_node,
 							"panel");
 			if (node) {
-				if (!of_drm_find_panel(node))
+				if (!of_drm_find_panel(node)) {
+					of_node_put(node);
 					return -EPROBE_DEFER;
+				}
+
+				of_node_put(node);
 			}
 		}
 	}