diff --git a/arch/powerpc/sysdev/fsl_pci.c b/arch/powerpc/sysdev/fsl_pci.c
index 4c3fd9f4cc7b..1ef7400ef244 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/sysdev/fsl_pci.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/sysdev/fsl_pci.c
@@ -1146,7 +1146,6 @@ void __init fsl_pci_assign_primary(void)
 	for_each_matching_node(np, pci_ids) {
 		if (of_device_is_available(np)) {
 			fsl_pci_primary = np;
-			of_node_put(np);
 			return;
 		}
 	}