diff --git a/drivers/irqchip/irq-atmel-aic-common.c b/drivers/irqchip/irq-atmel-aic-common.c
index 28b26c8..7c5a434 100644
--- a/drivers/irqchip/irq-atmel-aic-common.c
+++ b/drivers/irqchip/irq-atmel-aic-common.c
@@ -196,7 +196,6 @@
 		return;
 
 	match = of_match_node(matches, root);
-	of_node_put(root);
 
 	if (match) {
 		void (*fixup)(struct device_node *) = match->data;