diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/fman/fman_port.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/fman/fman_port.c
index d9baac0dbc7d0..4c9d05c45c033 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/fman/fman_port.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/fman/fman_port.c
@@ -1805,7 +1805,7 @@ static int fman_port_probe(struct platform_device *of_dev)
 	fman = dev_get_drvdata(&fm_pdev->dev);
 	if (!fman) {
 		err = -EINVAL;
-		goto return_err;
+		goto put_device;
 	}
 
 	err = of_property_read_u32(port_node, "cell-index", &val);
@@ -1813,7 +1813,7 @@ static int fman_port_probe(struct platform_device *of_dev)
 		dev_err(port->dev, "%s: reading cell-index for %pOF failed\n",
 			__func__, port_node);
 		err = -EINVAL;
-		goto return_err;
+		goto put_device;
 	}
 	port_id = (u8)val;
 	port->dts_params.id = port_id;
@@ -1847,7 +1847,7 @@ static int fman_port_probe(struct platform_device *of_dev)
 	}  else {
 		dev_err(port->dev, "%s: Illegal port type\n", __func__);
 		err = -EINVAL;
-		goto return_err;
+		goto put_device;
 	}
 
 	port->dts_params.type = port_type;
@@ -1861,7 +1861,7 @@ static int fman_port_probe(struct platform_device *of_dev)
 			dev_err(port->dev, "%s: incorrect qman-channel-id\n",
 				__func__);
 			err = -EINVAL;
-			goto return_err;
+			goto put_device;
 		}
 		port->dts_params.qman_channel_id = qman_channel_id;
 	}
@@ -1871,7 +1871,7 @@ static int fman_port_probe(struct platform_device *of_dev)
 		dev_err(port->dev, "%s: of_address_to_resource() failed\n",
 			__func__);
 		err = -ENOMEM;
-		goto return_err;
+		goto put_device;
 	}
 
 	port->dts_params.fman = fman;
@@ -1896,6 +1896,8 @@ static int fman_port_probe(struct platform_device *of_dev)
 
 	return 0;
 
+put_device:
+	put_device(&fm_pdev->dev);
 return_err:
 	of_node_put(port_node);
 free_port: