diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/tiny/arcpgu.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/tiny/arcpgu.c
index e5b10e41554a2009f091e1a48bac59e7706a5879..b6218567f5a47b48821915bb175a0692002e9e84 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/tiny/arcpgu.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/tiny/arcpgu.c
@@ -248,7 +248,8 @@ DEFINE_DRM_GEM_DMA_FOPS(arcpgu_drm_ops);
 static int arcpgu_load(struct arcpgu_drm_private *arcpgu)
 {
 	struct platform_device *pdev = to_platform_device(arcpgu->drm.dev);
-	struct device_node *encoder_node = NULL, *endpoint_node = NULL;
+	struct device_node *encoder_node __free(device_node) = NULL;
+	struct device_node *endpoint_node = NULL;
 	struct drm_connector *connector = NULL;
 	struct drm_device *drm = &arcpgu->drm;
 	struct resource *res;