diff --git a/drivers/pinctrl/pinctrl-microchip-sgpio.c b/drivers/pinctrl/pinctrl-microchip-sgpio.c
index c12fa57..165cb7a 100644
--- a/drivers/pinctrl/pinctrl-microchip-sgpio.c
+++ b/drivers/pinctrl/pinctrl-microchip-sgpio.c
@@ -845,8 +845,10 @@ static int microchip_sgpio_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	i = 0;
 	device_for_each_child_node(dev, fwnode) {
 		ret = microchip_sgpio_register_bank(dev, priv, fwnode, i++);
-		if (ret)
+		if (ret) {
+			fwnode_handle_put(fwnode);
 			return ret;
+		}
 	}
 
 	if (priv->in.gpio.ngpio != priv->out.gpio.ngpio) {