diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kexec/core_64.c b/arch/powerpc/kexec/core_64.c
index 84618d3c8013b..89c069d664a5d 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kexec/core_64.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kexec/core_64.c
@@ -64,8 +64,10 @@ int default_machine_kexec_prepare(struct kimage *image)
 			begin = image->segment[i].mem;
 			end = begin + image->segment[i].memsz;
 
-			if ((begin < high) && (end > low))
+			if ((begin < high) && (end > low)) {
+				of_node_put(node);
 				return -ETXTBSY;
+			}
 		}
 	}