diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/sun4i/sun8i_hdmi_phy.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/sun4i/sun8i_hdmi_phy.c
index b64d93da651d2..5e2b0175df36f 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/sun4i/sun8i_hdmi_phy.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/sun4i/sun8i_hdmi_phy.c
@@ -658,8 +658,10 @@ int sun8i_hdmi_phy_get(struct sun8i_dw_hdmi *hdmi, struct device_node *node)
 		return -EPROBE_DEFER;
 
 	phy = platform_get_drvdata(pdev);
-	if (!phy)
+	if (!phy) {
+		put_device(&pdev->dev);
 		return -EPROBE_DEFER;
+	}
 
 	hdmi->phy = phy;