diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/fman/fman_port.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/fman/fman_port.c
index 4986f6ba278a..45ac5cf717ea 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/fman/fman_port.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/fman/fman_port.c
@@ -1658,7 +1658,7 @@ 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);
@@ -1666,7 +1666,7 @@ static int fman_port_probe(struct platform_device *of_dev)
 		dev_err(port->dev, "%s: reading cell-index for %s failed\n",
 			__func__, port_node->full_name);
 		err = -EINVAL;
-		goto return_err;
+		goto put_device;
 	}
 	port_id = (u8)val;
 	port->dts_params.id = port_id;
@@ -1700,7 +1700,7 @@ 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;
@@ -1714,7 +1714,7 @@ 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;
 	}
@@ -1724,7 +1724,7 @@ 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;
@@ -1749,6 +1749,8 @@ 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: