diff --git a/drivers/clk/sprd/common.c b/drivers/clk/sprd/common.c
index d620bbbcdfc8..ce81e4087a8f 100644
--- a/drivers/clk/sprd/common.c
+++ b/drivers/clk/sprd/common.c
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ int sprd_clk_regmap_init(struct platform_device *pdev,
 {
 	void __iomem *base;
 	struct device *dev = &pdev->dev;
-	struct device_node *node = dev->of_node;
+	struct device_node *node = dev->of_node, *np;
 	struct regmap *regmap;
 
 	if (of_find_property(node, "sprd,syscon", NULL)) {
@@ -50,9 +50,10 @@ int sprd_clk_regmap_init(struct platform_device *pdev,
 			pr_err("%s: failed to get syscon regmap\n", __func__);
 			return PTR_ERR(regmap);
 		}
-	} else if (of_device_is_compatible(of_get_parent(dev->of_node),
-			   "syscon")) {
-		regmap = device_node_to_regmap(of_get_parent(dev->of_node));
+	} else if (of_device_is_compatible(np =	of_get_parent(node), "syscon") ||
+		   (of_node_put(np), 0)) {
+		regmap = device_node_to_regmap(np);
+		of_node_put(np);
 		if (IS_ERR(regmap)) {
 			dev_err(dev, "failed to get regmap from its parent.\n");
 			return PTR_ERR(regmap);