diff --git a/drivers/bus/vexpress-config.c b/drivers/bus/vexpress-config.c
index 9efdf1de4035..493e7b9fc813 100644
--- a/drivers/bus/vexpress-config.c
+++ b/drivers/bus/vexpress-config.c
@@ -171,6 +171,7 @@ static int vexpress_config_populate(struct device_node *node)
 {
 	struct device_node *bridge;
 	struct device *parent;
+	int ret;
 
 	bridge = of_parse_phandle(node, "arm,vexpress,config-bridge", 0);
 	if (!bridge)
@@ -182,7 +183,11 @@ static int vexpress_config_populate(struct device_node *node)
 	if (WARN_ON(!parent))
 		return -ENODEV;
 
-	return of_platform_populate(node, NULL, NULL, parent);
+	ret = of_platform_populate(node, NULL, NULL, parent);
+
+	put_device(parent);
+
+	return ret;
 }
 
 static int __init vexpress_config_init(void)