for_each_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/thermal/thermal_of.c | 8 ++++++-- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff -u -p a/drivers/thermal/thermal_of.c b/drivers/thermal/thermal_of.c --- a/drivers/thermal/thermal_of.c +++ b/drivers/thermal/thermal_of.c @@ -37,8 +37,10 @@ static int of_find_trip_id(struct device */ for_each_child_of_node(trips, t) { - if (t == trip) + if (t == trip) { + of_node_put(t); goto out; + } i++; } @@ -401,8 +403,10 @@ static int thermal_of_for_each_cooling_m for_each_child_of_node(cm_np, child) { ret = thermal_of_for_each_cooling_device(tz_np, child, tz, cdev, action); - if (ret) + if (ret) { + of_node_put(child); break; + } } of_node_put(cm_np);