diff --git a/sound/ac97/bus.c b/sound/ac97/bus.c
index 9f0c480489ef..9cbf6927abe9 100644
--- a/sound/ac97/bus.c
+++ b/sound/ac97/bus.c
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ ac97_of_get_child_device(struct ac97_controller *ac97_ctrl, int idx,
 		if ((idx != of_property_read_u32(node, "reg", &reg)) ||
 		    !of_device_is_compatible(node, compat))
 			continue;
-		return of_node_get(node);
+		return node;
 	}
 
 	return NULL;