diff --git a/drivers/iommu/ipmmu-vmsa.c b/drivers/iommu/ipmmu-vmsa.c
index ae69691471e9..e2b41d322e3e 100644
--- a/drivers/iommu/ipmmu-vmsa.c
+++ b/drivers/iommu/ipmmu-vmsa.c
@@ -719,6 +719,8 @@ static int ipmmu_init_platform_device(struct device *dev,
 
 	dev_iommu_priv_set(dev, platform_get_drvdata(ipmmu_pdev));
 
+	put_device(&ipmmu_pdev->dev);
+
 	return 0;
 }