diff --git a/drivers/i3c/master.c b/drivers/i3c/master.c
index c58729081899326ddc66a4c7cc9fb9fa243aeef2..87d0f349dd37ad36a199486748d391fbe8e22ba5 100644
--- a/drivers/i3c/master.c
+++ b/drivers/i3c/master.c
@@ -2048,8 +2048,10 @@ static int of_populate_i3c_bus(struct i3c_master_controller *master)
 
 	for_each_available_child_of_node(i3cbus_np, node) {
 		ret = of_i3c_master_add_dev(master, node);
-		if (ret)
+		if (ret) {
+			of_node_put(node);
 			return ret;
+		}
 	}
 
 	/*