diff --git a/drivers/video/fbdev/offb.c b/drivers/video/fbdev/offb.c
index 91001990e351..6f0a9851b092 100644
--- a/drivers/video/fbdev/offb.c
+++ b/drivers/video/fbdev/offb.c
@@ -355,7 +355,7 @@ static void offb_init_palette_hacks(struct fb_info *info, struct device_node *dp
 			par->cmap_type = cmap_gxt2000;
 	} else if (of_node_name_prefix(dp, "vga,Display-")) {
 		/* Look for AVIVO initialized by SLOF */
-		struct device_node *pciparent = of_get_parent(dp);
+		struct device_node *pciparent __free(device_node) = of_get_parent(dp);
 		const u32 *vid, *did;
 		vid = of_get_property(pciparent, "vendor-id", NULL);
 		did = of_get_property(pciparent, "device-id", NULL);
@@ -367,7 +367,6 @@ static void offb_init_palette_hacks(struct fb_info *info, struct device_node *dp
 			if (par->cmap_adr)
 				par->cmap_type = cmap_avivo;
 		}
-		of_node_put(pciparent);
 	} else if (dp && of_device_is_compatible(dp, "qemu,std-vga")) {
 #ifdef __BIG_ENDIAN
 		const __be32 io_of_addr[3] = { 0x01000000, 0x0, 0x0 };