diff --git a/drivers/mtd/nand/raw/atmel/pmecc.c b/drivers/mtd/nand/raw/atmel/pmecc.c
index 555a74e15269da45f2b4685dcd149cfd88f47438..9d3997840889b2b3139e54ecbd0729cf507f74ae 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/nand/raw/atmel/pmecc.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/nand/raw/atmel/pmecc.c
@@ -876,23 +876,32 @@ static struct atmel_pmecc *atmel_pmecc_get_by_node(struct device *userdev,
 {
 	struct platform_device *pdev;
 	struct atmel_pmecc *pmecc, **ptr;
+	int ret;
 
 	pdev = of_find_device_by_node(np);
-	if (!pdev || !platform_get_drvdata(pdev))
+	if (!pdev)
 		return ERR_PTR(-EPROBE_DEFER);
+	pmecc = platform_get_drvdata(pdev);
+	if (!pmecc) {
+		ret = -EPROBE_DEFER;
+		goto err_put_device;
+	}
 
 	ptr = devres_alloc(devm_atmel_pmecc_put, sizeof(*ptr), GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!ptr)
-		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
-
-	get_device(&pdev->dev);
-	pmecc = platform_get_drvdata(pdev);
+	if (!ptr) {
+		ret = -ENOMEM;
+		goto err_put_device;
+	}
 
 	*ptr = pmecc;
 
 	devres_add(userdev, ptr);
 
 	return pmecc;
+
+err_put_device:
+	put_device(&pdev->dev);
+	return ERR_PTR(ret);
 }
 
 static const int atmel_pmecc_strengths[] = { 2, 4, 8, 12, 24, 32 };