diff --git a/sound/aoa/core/gpio-feature.c b/sound/aoa/core/gpio-feature.c
index 65557421fe0b..c3ff721e4660 100644
--- a/sound/aoa/core/gpio-feature.c
+++ b/sound/aoa/core/gpio-feature.c
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ static struct device_node *get_gpio(char *name,
 			if (altname && (strcmp(audio_gpio, altname) == 0))
 				break;
 		}
+		of_node_put(gpio);
 		/* still not found, assume not there */
 		if (!np)
 			return NULL;