diff --git a/arch/mips/kernel/mips-cpc.c b/arch/mips/kernel/mips-cpc.c
index 69e3e0b556bf7..1b0d4bb617a9c 100644
--- a/arch/mips/kernel/mips-cpc.c
+++ b/arch/mips/kernel/mips-cpc.c
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ phys_addr_t __weak mips_cpc_default_phys_base(void)
 	cpc_node = of_find_compatible_node(of_root, NULL, "mti,mips-cpc");
 	if (cpc_node) {
 		err = of_address_to_resource(cpc_node, 0, &res);
+		of_node_put(cpc_node);
 		if (!err)
 			return res.start;
 	}