diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/af/rvu_sdp.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/af/rvu_sdp.c
index b04fb226f708..ae50d56258ec 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/af/rvu_sdp.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/af/rvu_sdp.c
@@ -62,15 +62,18 @@ int rvu_sdp_init(struct rvu *rvu)
 		pfvf->sdp_info = devm_kzalloc(rvu->dev,
 					      sizeof(struct sdp_node_info),
 					      GFP_KERNEL);
-		if (!pfvf->sdp_info)
+		if (!pfvf->sdp_info) {
+			pci_dev_put(pdev);
 			return -ENOMEM;
+		}
 
 		dev_info(rvu->dev, "SDP PF number:%d\n", sdp_pf_num[i]);
 
-		put_device(&pdev->dev);
 		i++;
 	}
 
+	pci_dev_put(pdev);
+
 	return 0;
 }