diff --git a/drivers/net/dsa/qca8k.c b/drivers/net/dsa/qca8k.c
index e429e92dedf47607a7f1b7175b779af78f831675..16f15c93a102c9b66d76c22ae0e8e310a6b6edf5 100644
--- a/drivers/net/dsa/qca8k.c
+++ b/drivers/net/dsa/qca8k.c
@@ -583,8 +583,11 @@ qca8k_setup_mdio_bus(struct qca8k_priv *priv)
 
 	for_each_available_child_of_node(ports, port) {
 		err = of_property_read_u32(port, "reg", &reg);
-		if (err)
+		if (err) {
+			of_node_put(port);
+			of_node_put(ports);
 			return err;
+		}
 
 		if (!dsa_is_user_port(priv->ds, reg))
 			continue;
@@ -595,6 +598,7 @@ qca8k_setup_mdio_bus(struct qca8k_priv *priv)
 			internal_mdio_mask |= BIT(reg);
 	}
 
+	of_node_put(ports);
 	if (!external_mdio_mask && !internal_mdio_mask) {
 		dev_err(priv->dev, "no PHYs are defined.\n");
 		return -EINVAL;