diff --git a/drivers/media/platform/cros-ec-cec/cros-ec-cec.c b/drivers/media/platform/cros-ec-cec/cros-ec-cec.c
index 7bc4d8a9af287a515e13fbaae7df0b41550b2067..068df9888dbf03001af6e4b814819dd105cf7f3e 100644
--- a/drivers/media/platform/cros-ec-cec/cros-ec-cec.c
+++ b/drivers/media/platform/cros-ec-cec/cros-ec-cec.c
@@ -236,6 +236,7 @@ static int cros_ec_cec_get_notifier(struct device *dev,
 				return -EPROBE_DEFER;
 
 			*notify = cec_notifier_get_conn(d, m->conn);
+			put_device(d);
 			return 0;
 		}
 	}