diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/gianfar_ethtool.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/gianfar_ethtool.c
index 0cddaaaf48aa..44a9d8665b36 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/gianfar_ethtool.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/gianfar_ethtool.c
@@ -1529,8 +1529,10 @@ static int gfar_get_ts_info(struct net_device *dev,
 	if (ptp_node) {
 		ptp_dev = of_find_device_by_node(ptp_node);
 		of_node_put(ptp_node);
-		if (ptp_dev)
+		if (ptp_dev) {
 			ptp = platform_get_drvdata(ptp_dev);
+			put_device(&ptp_dev->dev);
+		}
 	}
 
 	if (ptp)