diff --git a/lib/genalloc.c b/lib/genalloc.c
index 9a57257988c7..bed308b4493f 100644
--- a/lib/genalloc.c
+++ b/lib/genalloc.c
@@ -899,8 +899,11 @@ struct gen_pool *of_gen_pool_get(struct device_node *np,
 		if (!name)
 			name = np_pool->name;
 	}
-	if (pdev)
+	if (pdev) {
 		pool = gen_pool_get(&pdev->dev, name);
+		put_device(&pdev->dev);
+	}
+
 	of_node_put(np_pool);
 
 	return pool;