diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/tegra/dsi.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/tegra/dsi.c
index f46d377f0c30..de1333dc0d86 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/tegra/dsi.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/tegra/dsi.c
@@ -1538,8 +1538,10 @@ static int tegra_dsi_ganged_probe(struct tegra_dsi *dsi)
 		dsi->slave = platform_get_drvdata(gangster);
 		of_node_put(np);
 
-		if (!dsi->slave)
+		if (!dsi->slave) {
+			put_device(&gangster->dev);
 			return -EPROBE_DEFER;
+		}
 
 		dsi->slave->master = dsi;
 	}