diff --git a/arch/mips/cavium-octeon/octeon-platform.c b/arch/mips/cavium-octeon/octeon-platform.c
index d56e9b9d2e43..a994022e32c9 100644
--- a/arch/mips/cavium-octeon/octeon-platform.c
+++ b/arch/mips/cavium-octeon/octeon-platform.c
@@ -328,6 +328,7 @@ static int __init octeon_ehci_device_init(void)
 
 	pd->dev.platform_data = &octeon_ehci_pdata;
 	octeon_ehci_hw_start(&pd->dev);
+	put_device(&pd->dev);
 
 	return ret;
 }
@@ -391,6 +392,7 @@ static int __init octeon_ohci_device_init(void)
 
 	pd->dev.platform_data = &octeon_ohci_pdata;
 	octeon_ohci_hw_start(&pd->dev);
+	put_device(&pd->dev);
 
 	return ret;
 }
diff --git a/arch/mips/cavium-octeon/octeon-usb.c b/arch/mips/cavium-octeon/octeon-usb.c
index 6e4d3619137a..4df919d26b08 100644
--- a/arch/mips/cavium-octeon/octeon-usb.c
+++ b/arch/mips/cavium-octeon/octeon-usb.c
@@ -537,6 +537,7 @@ static int __init dwc3_octeon_device_init(void)
 			devm_iounmap(&pdev->dev, base);
 			devm_release_mem_region(&pdev->dev, res->start,
 						resource_size(res));
+			put_device(&pdev->dev);
 		}
 	} while (node != NULL);