diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-msm/timer.c b/arch/arm/mach-msm/timer.c
index 696fb73296d0..1e9c3383daba 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-msm/timer.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-msm/timer.c
@@ -274,7 +274,6 @@ static void __init msm_dt_timer_init(struct device_node *np)
 		pr_err("Unknown frequency\n");
 		return;
 	}
-	of_node_put(np);
 
 	event_base = base + 0x4;
 	sts_base = base + 0x88;
diff --git a/drivers/clocksource/clksrc-of.c b/drivers/clocksource/clksrc-of.c
index 37f5325bec95..8b2ed14f121d 100644
--- a/drivers/clocksource/clksrc-of.c
+++ b/drivers/clocksource/clksrc-of.c
@@ -32,5 +32,6 @@ void __init clocksource_of_init(void)
 	for_each_matching_node_and_match(np, __clksrc_of_table, &match) {
 		init_func = match->data;
 		init_func(np);
+		of_node_put(np);
 	}
 }
diff --git a/drivers/clocksource/dw_apb_timer_of.c b/drivers/clocksource/dw_apb_timer_of.c
index 003b2309f463..482618b59fa4 100644
--- a/drivers/clocksource/dw_apb_timer_of.c
+++ b/drivers/clocksource/dw_apb_timer_of.c
@@ -138,12 +138,10 @@ static void __init dw_apb_timer_init(struct device_node *timer)
 	case 0:
 		pr_debug("%s: found clockevent timer\n", __func__);
 		add_clockevent(timer);
-		of_node_put(timer);
 		break;
 	case 1:
 		pr_debug("%s: found clocksource timer\n", __func__);
 		add_clocksource(timer);
-		of_node_put(timer);
 		init_sched_clock();
 		break;
 	default:
diff --git a/drivers/clocksource/tegra20_timer.c b/drivers/clocksource/tegra20_timer.c
index 5cff61677b6c..642849256d82 100644
--- a/drivers/clocksource/tegra20_timer.c
+++ b/drivers/clocksource/tegra20_timer.c
@@ -181,8 +181,6 @@ static void __init tegra20_init_timer(struct device_node *np)
 		rate = clk_get_rate(clk);
 	}
 
-	of_node_put(np);
-
 	switch (rate) {
 	case 12000000:
 		timer_writel(0x000b, TIMERUS_USEC_CFG);
@@ -241,8 +239,6 @@ static void __init tegra20_init_rtc(struct device_node *np)
 	else
 		clk_prepare_enable(clk);
 
-	of_node_put(np);
-
 	register_persistent_clock(NULL, tegra_read_persistent_clock);
 }
 CLOCKSOURCE_OF_DECLARE(tegra20_rtc, "nvidia,tegra20-rtc", tegra20_init_rtc);
diff --git a/drivers/clocksource/vt8500_timer.c b/drivers/clocksource/vt8500_timer.c
index 64f553f04fa4..ad3c0e83a779 100644
--- a/drivers/clocksource/vt8500_timer.c
+++ b/drivers/clocksource/vt8500_timer.c
@@ -137,14 +137,12 @@ static void __init vt8500_timer_init(struct device_node *np)
 	if (!regbase) {
 		pr_err("%s: Missing iobase description in Device Tree\n",
 								__func__);
-		of_node_put(np);
 		return;
 	}
 	timer_irq = irq_of_parse_and_map(np, 0);
 	if (!timer_irq) {
 		pr_err("%s: Missing irq description in Device Tree\n",
 								__func__);
-		of_node_put(np);
 		return;
 	}