diff --git a/sound/soc/generic/simple-card.c b/sound/soc/generic/simple-card.c
index 4117e54884e56da517b4af300eb6cd60a1b83d65..ef849151ba563fd549f0b48e47eb7c5ddbecde95 100644
--- a/sound/soc/generic/simple-card.c
+++ b/sound/soc/generic/simple-card.c
@@ -364,8 +364,6 @@ static int simple_for_each_link(struct asoc_simple_priv *priv,
 			goto error;
 		}
 
-		of_node_put(codec);
-
 		/* get convert-xxx property */
 		memset(&adata, 0, sizeof(adata));
 		for_each_child_of_node(node, np)
@@ -387,11 +385,13 @@ static int simple_for_each_link(struct asoc_simple_priv *priv,
 				ret = func_noml(priv, np, codec, li, is_top);
 
 			if (ret < 0) {
+				of_node_put(codec);
 				of_node_put(np);
 				goto error;
 			}
 		}
 
+		of_node_put(codec);
 		node = of_get_next_child(top, node);
 	} while (!is_top && node);