diff --git a/drivers/pinctrl/pinctrl-at91.c b/drivers/pinctrl/pinctrl-at91.c
index b0fde0f385e6..7a828ae6716b 100644
--- a/drivers/pinctrl/pinctrl-at91.c
+++ b/drivers/pinctrl/pinctrl-at91.c
@@ -1122,8 +1122,10 @@ static int at91_pinctrl_parse_functions(struct device_node *np,
 		func->groups[i] = child->name;
 		grp = &info->groups[grp_index++];
 		ret = at91_pinctrl_parse_groups(child, grp, info, i++);
-		if (ret)
+		if (ret) {
+			of_node_put(child);
 			return ret;
+		}
 	}
 
 	return 0;
@@ -1196,6 +1198,7 @@ static int at91_pinctrl_probe_dt(struct platform_device *pdev,
 		ret = at91_pinctrl_parse_functions(child, info, i++);
 		if (ret) {
 			dev_err(&pdev->dev, "failed to parse function\n");
+			of_node_put(child);
 			return ret;
 		}
 	}