diff --git a/drivers/firmware/scmi/scmi_agent-uclass.c b/drivers/firmware/scmi/scmi_agent-uclass.c
index 8f48de30c8..9a32678617 100644
--- a/drivers/firmware/scmi/scmi_agent-uclass.c
+++ b/drivers/firmware/scmi/scmi_agent-uclass.c
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ static int scmi_bind_protocols(struct udevice *dev)
 {
 	int ret = 0;
 	ofnode node;
+	const char *name;
 
 	dev_for_each_subnode(node, dev) {
 		struct driver *drv = NULL;
@@ -71,6 +72,7 @@ static int scmi_bind_protocols(struct udevice *dev)
 		if (ofnode_read_u32(node, "reg", &protocol_id))
 			continue;
 
+		name = ofnode_get_name(node);
 		switch (protocol_id) {
 		case SCMI_PROTOCOL_ID_CLOCK:
 			if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_CLK_SCMI))
@@ -100,8 +102,7 @@ static int scmi_bind_protocols(struct udevice *dev)
 			continue;
 		}
 
-		ret = device_bind(dev, drv, ofnode_get_name(node), NULL, node,
-				  NULL);
+		ret = device_bind(dev, drv, name, NULL, node, NULL);
 		if (ret)
 			break;
 	}