diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/chrp/nvram.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/chrp/nvram.c
index ba3588f2d8e0..d3ceff04ffc7 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/chrp/nvram.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/chrp/nvram.c
@@ -74,8 +74,10 @@ void __init chrp_nvram_init(void)
 		return;
 
 	nbytes_p = of_get_property(nvram, "#bytes", &proplen);
-	if (nbytes_p == NULL || proplen != sizeof(unsigned int))
+	if (nbytes_p == NULL || proplen != sizeof(unsigned int)) {
+		of_node_put(nvram);
 		return;
+	}
 
 	nvram_size = *nbytes_p;