1 files changed, 2 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/prom.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/prom.c
index 0b0a4166d69d..7030b035905d 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/prom.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/prom.c
@@ -784,7 +784,6 @@ int of_get_ibm_chip_id(struct device_node *np)
 {
         of_node_get(np);
         while (np) {
-                struct device_node *old = np;
                 u32 chip_id;
 
                 /*
@@ -795,8 +794,8 @@ int of_get_ibm_chip_id(struct device_node *np)
                         of_node_put(np);
                         return chip_id;
                 }
-                np = of_get_parent(np);
-                of_node_put(old);
+
+                np = of_get_next_parent(np);
         }
         return -1;
 }