diff --git a/drivers/net/dsa/qca/qca8k-8xxx.c b/drivers/net/dsa/qca/qca8k-8xxx.c
index 1e94ba1031ec..7c3c90c9edbe 100644
--- a/drivers/net/dsa/qca/qca8k-8xxx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/dsa/qca/qca8k-8xxx.c
@@ -842,10 +842,15 @@ qca8k_mdio_register(struct qca8k_priv *priv)
 	struct dsa_switch *ds = priv->ds;
 	struct device_node *mdio;
 	struct mii_bus *bus;
+	int err;
+
+	mdio = of_get_child_by_name(priv->dev->of_node, "mdio");
 
 	bus = devm_mdiobus_alloc(ds->dev);
-	if (!bus)
-		return -ENOMEM;
+	if (!bus) {
+		err = -ENOMEM;
+		goto out_put_node;
+	}
 
 	bus->priv = (void *)priv;
 	snprintf(bus->id, MII_BUS_ID_SIZE, "qca8k-%d.%d",
@@ -855,12 +860,12 @@ qca8k_mdio_register(struct qca8k_priv *priv)
 	ds->slave_mii_bus = bus;
 
 	/* Check if the devicetree declare the port:phy mapping */
-	mdio = of_get_child_by_name(priv->dev->of_node, "mdio");
 	if (of_device_is_available(mdio)) {
 		bus->name = "qca8k slave mii";
 		bus->read = qca8k_internal_mdio_read;
 		bus->write = qca8k_internal_mdio_write;
-		return devm_of_mdiobus_register(priv->dev, bus, mdio);
+		err = devm_of_mdiobus_register(priv->dev, bus, mdio);
+		goto out_put_node;
 	}
 
 	/* If a mapping can't be found the legacy mapping is used,
@@ -869,7 +874,13 @@ qca8k_mdio_register(struct qca8k_priv *priv)
 	bus->name = "qca8k-legacy slave mii";
 	bus->read = qca8k_legacy_mdio_read;
 	bus->write = qca8k_legacy_mdio_write;
-	return devm_mdiobus_register(priv->dev, bus);
+
+	err = devm_mdiobus_register(priv->dev, bus);
+
+out_put_node:
+	of_node_put(mdio);
+
+	return err;
 }
 
 static int