diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/gianfar_ethtool.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/gianfar_ethtool.c
index 7b32ed29bf4cb..8c17fe5d66ed4 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/gianfar_ethtool.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/gianfar_ethtool.c
@@ -1460,6 +1460,7 @@ static int gfar_get_ts_info(struct net_device *dev,
 	ptp_node = of_find_compatible_node(NULL, NULL, "fsl,etsec-ptp");
 	if (ptp_node) {
 		ptp_dev = of_find_device_by_node(ptp_node);
+		of_node_put(ptp_node);
 		if (ptp_dev)
 			ptp = platform_get_drvdata(ptp_dev);
 	}