diff --git a/drivers/mfd/twl4030-audio.c b/drivers/mfd/twl4030-audio.c
index da16bf45fab4..dc94ffc6321a 100644
--- a/drivers/mfd/twl4030-audio.c
+++ b/drivers/mfd/twl4030-audio.c
@@ -159,13 +159,18 @@ unsigned int twl4030_audio_get_mclk(void)
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(twl4030_audio_get_mclk);
 
 static bool twl4030_audio_has_codec(struct twl4030_audio_data *pdata,
-			      struct device_node *node)
+			      struct device_node *parent)
 {
+	struct device_node *node;
+
 	if (pdata && pdata->codec)
 		return true;
 
-	if (of_find_node_by_name(node, "codec"))
+	node = of_get_child_by_name(parent, "codec");
+	if (node) {
+		of_node_put(node);
 		return true;
+	}
 
 	return false;
 }