diff --git a/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-fwnode.c b/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-fwnode.c
index 62a3a452f788..570df3c415b0 100644
--- a/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-fwnode.c
+++ b/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-fwnode.c
@@ -633,6 +633,8 @@ int v4l2_fwnode_parse_link(struct fwnode_handle *fwnode,
 	if (!link->remote_node)
 		goto err_put_remote_endpoint;
 
+	fwnode_handle_put(fwnode);
+
 	return 0;
 
 err_put_remote_endpoint: