diff --git a/drivers/ata/sata_highbank.c b/drivers/ata/sata_highbank.c
index b1b40e9551de..c8c817c51230 100644
--- a/drivers/ata/sata_highbank.c
+++ b/drivers/ata/sata_highbank.c
@@ -348,6 +348,7 @@ static int highbank_initialize_phys(struct device *dev, void __iomem *addr)
 			phy_nodes[phy] = phy_data.np;
 			cphy_base[phy] = of_iomap(phy_nodes[phy], 0);
 			if (cphy_base[phy] == NULL) {
+				of_node_put(phy_data.np);
 				return 0;
 			}
 			phy_count += 1;