diff --git a/drivers/staging/imx-drm/imx-drm-core.c b/drivers/staging/imx-drm/imx-drm-core.c
index 6b22106534d8..1852300412b4 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/imx-drm/imx-drm-core.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/imx-drm/imx-drm-core.c
@@ -471,8 +471,7 @@ int imx_drm_encoder_parse_of(struct drm_device *drm,
 		crtc_mask |= mask;
 	}
 
-	if (ep)
-		of_node_put(ep);
+	of_node_put(ep);
 	if (i == 0)
 		return -ENOENT;