diff --git a/drivers/firmware/arm_scmi/bus.c b/drivers/firmware/arm_scmi/bus.c
index 35bb70724d44..8c6f99d15f22 100644
--- a/drivers/firmware/arm_scmi/bus.c
+++ b/drivers/firmware/arm_scmi/bus.c
@@ -73,6 +73,9 @@ struct scmi_device *scmi_child_dev_find(struct device *parent,
 	if (!dev)
 		return NULL;
 
+	/* Drop the refcnt bumped implicitly by device_find_child */
+	put_device(dev);
+
 	return to_scmi_dev(dev);
 }