diff --git a/drivers/hwmon/coretemp.c b/drivers/hwmon/coretemp.c
index 30a19d711f89..9bee4d33fbdf 100644
--- a/drivers/hwmon/coretemp.c
+++ b/drivers/hwmon/coretemp.c
@@ -242,10 +242,13 @@ static int adjust_tjmax(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c, u32 id, struct device *dev)
 	 */
 	if (host_bridge && host_bridge->vendor == PCI_VENDOR_ID_INTEL) {
 		for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(tjmax_pci_table); i++) {
-			if (host_bridge->device == tjmax_pci_table[i].device)
+			if (host_bridge->device == tjmax_pci_table[i].device) {
+				pci_dev_put(host_bridge);
 				return tjmax_pci_table[i].tjmax;
+			}
 		}
 	}
+	pci_dev_put(host_bridge);
 
 	for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(tjmax_table); i++) {
 		if (strstr(c->x86_model_id, tjmax_table[i].id))