diff --git a/drivers/phy/ti/phy-j721e-wiz.c b/drivers/phy/ti/phy-j721e-wiz.c
index ab28fb2e01db..9eb6d37c907e 100644
--- a/drivers/phy/ti/phy-j721e-wiz.c
+++ b/drivers/phy/ti/phy-j721e-wiz.c
@@ -1115,7 +1115,6 @@ static int wiz_get_lane_phy_types(struct device *dev, struct wiz *wiz)
 			dev_err(dev,
 				"%s: Reading \"reg\" from \"%s\" failed: %d\n",
 				__func__, subnode->name, ret);
-			of_node_put(subnode);
 			return ret;
 		}
 		of_property_read_u32(subnode, "cdns,num-lanes", &num_lanes);