diff --git a/drivers/dma/tegra20-apb-dma.c b/drivers/dma/tegra20-apb-dma.c
index fd1cfe205826..043e58272caa 100644
--- a/drivers/dma/tegra20-apb-dma.c
+++ b/drivers/dma/tegra20-apb-dma.c
@@ -1573,6 +1573,7 @@ static int tegra_dma_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
 {
 	struct tegra_dma *tdma = platform_get_drvdata(pdev);
 
+	of_dma_controller_free(pdev->dev.of_node);
 	dma_async_device_unregister(&tdma->dma_dev);
 	pm_runtime_disable(&pdev->dev);
 	clk_unprepare(tdma->dma_clk);