diff --git a/drivers/pinctrl/freescale/pinctrl-imx1-core.c b/drivers/pinctrl/freescale/pinctrl-imx1-core.c
index 88a7fac11bd4..acaf84cadca3 100644
--- a/drivers/pinctrl/freescale/pinctrl-imx1-core.c
+++ b/drivers/pinctrl/freescale/pinctrl-imx1-core.c
@@ -538,8 +538,10 @@ static int imx1_pinctrl_parse_functions(struct device_node *np,
 		func->groups[i] = child->name;
 		grp = &info->groups[grp_index++];
 		ret = imx1_pinctrl_parse_groups(child, grp, info, i++);
-		if (ret == -ENOMEM)
+		if (ret == -ENOMEM) {
+			of_node_put(child);
 			return ret;
+		}
 	}
 
 	return 0;
@@ -582,8 +584,10 @@ static int imx1_pinctrl_parse_dt(struct platform_device *pdev,
 
 	for_each_child_of_node(np, child) {
 		ret = imx1_pinctrl_parse_functions(child, info, ifunc++);
-		if (ret == -ENOMEM)
+		if (ret == -ENOMEM) {
+			of_node_put(child);
 			return -ENOMEM;
+		}
 	}
 
 	return 0;