diff --git a/drivers/i2c/muxes/i2c-mux-pinctrl.c b/drivers/i2c/muxes/i2c-mux-pinctrl.c
index 20b90a7a1e61f94197f70d4f515b425fc3955bcc..cc6818aabab515ba2b68badc030c2b6417cc6b94 100644
--- a/drivers/i2c/muxes/i2c-mux-pinctrl.c
+++ b/drivers/i2c/muxes/i2c-mux-pinctrl.c
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ static int i2c_mux_pinctrl_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 err_del_adapter:
 	i2c_mux_del_adapters(muxc);
 err_put_parent:
-	i2c_put_adapter(muxc->parent);
+	i2c_put_adapter(parent);
 
 	return ret;
 }