diff --git a/drivers/devfreq/devfreq-event.c b/drivers/devfreq/devfreq-event.c
index 3ebac2496679b..70219099c6040 100644
--- a/drivers/devfreq/devfreq-event.c
+++ b/drivers/devfreq/devfreq-event.c
@@ -244,13 +244,9 @@ struct devfreq_event_dev *devfreq_event_get_edev_by_phandle(struct device *dev,
 	edev = NULL;
 out:
 	mutex_unlock(&devfreq_event_list_lock);
-
-	if (!edev) {
-		of_node_put(node);
-		return ERR_PTR(-ENODEV);
-	}
-
 	of_node_put(node);
+	if (!edev)
+		return ERR_PTR(-ENODEV);
 
 	return edev;
 }