diff --git a/drivers/video/fbdev/omap2/omapfb/displays/connector-dvi.c b/drivers/video/fbdev/omap2/omapfb/displays/connector-dvi.c
index 2fa436475b40..c8ad3ef42bd3 100644
--- a/drivers/video/fbdev/omap2/omapfb/displays/connector-dvi.c
+++ b/drivers/video/fbdev/omap2/omapfb/displays/connector-dvi.c
@@ -246,6 +246,7 @@ static int dvic_probe_of(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	adapter_node = of_parse_phandle(node, "ddc-i2c-bus", 0);
 	if (adapter_node) {
 		adapter = of_get_i2c_adapter_by_node(adapter_node);
+		of_node_put(adapter_node);
 		if (adapter == NULL) {
 			dev_err(&pdev->dev, "failed to parse ddc-i2c-bus\n");
 			omap_dss_put_device(ddata->in);