diff --git a/drivers/pinctrl/devicetree.c b/drivers/pinctrl/devicetree.c
index fe04e748dfe4..54dad89fc9bf 100644
--- a/drivers/pinctrl/devicetree.c
+++ b/drivers/pinctrl/devicetree.c
@@ -195,8 +195,13 @@ int pinctrl_dt_to_map(struct pinctrl *p)
 		propname = kasprintf(GFP_KERNEL, "pinctrl-%d", state);
 		prop = of_find_property(np, propname, &size);
 		kfree(propname);
-		if (!prop)
+		if (!prop) {
+			if (state == 0) {
+				of_node_put(np);
+				return -ENODEV;
+			}
 			break;
+		}
 		list = prop->value;
 		size /= sizeof(*list);