diff --git a/drivers/i2c/muxes/i2c-mux-gpio.c b/drivers/i2c/muxes/i2c-mux-gpio.c
index 73a23e117ebe..0930a51c8c7c 100644
--- a/drivers/i2c/muxes/i2c-mux-gpio.c
+++ b/drivers/i2c/muxes/i2c-mux-gpio.c
@@ -105,8 +105,10 @@ static int i2c_mux_gpio_probe_fw(struct gpiomux *mux,
 
 		} else if (is_acpi_node(child)) {
 			rc = acpi_get_local_address(ACPI_HANDLE_FWNODE(child), values + i);
-			if (rc)
+			if (rc) {
+				fwnode_handle_put(child);
 				return dev_err_probe(dev, rc, "Cannot get address\n");
+			}
 		}
 
 		i++;