for_each_available_child_of_node performs an of_node_get on each iteration, so a break out of the loop requires an of_node_put. This was done using the Coccinelle semantic patch iterators/for_each_child.cocci Signed-off-by: Julia Lawall <Julia.Lawall@xxxxxxxx> --- drivers/bus/arm-cci.c | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff -u -p a/drivers/bus/arm-cci.c b/drivers/bus/arm-cci.c --- a/drivers/bus/arm-cci.c +++ b/drivers/bus/arm-cci.c @@ -461,8 +461,10 @@ static int cci_probe_ports(struct device i = nb_ace + nb_ace_lite; - if (i >= nb_cci_ports) + if (i >= nb_cci_ports) { + of_node_put(cp); break; + } if (of_property_read_string(cp, "interface-type", &match_str)) {