diff --git a/drivers/mfd/altera-sysmgr.c b/drivers/mfd/altera-sysmgr.c
index fb5f988e61f3..90c6902d537d 100644
--- a/drivers/mfd/altera-sysmgr.c
+++ b/drivers/mfd/altera-sysmgr.c
@@ -117,6 +117,8 @@ struct regmap *altr_sysmgr_regmap_lookup_by_phandle(struct device_node *np,
 
 	sysmgr = dev_get_drvdata(dev);
 
+	put_device(dev);
+
 	return sysmgr->regmap;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(altr_sysmgr_regmap_lookup_by_phandle);