diff --git a/drivers/hwmon/tmp421.c b/drivers/hwmon/tmp421.c
index 7a6f9532e594..9537727aad9a 100644
--- a/drivers/hwmon/tmp421.c
+++ b/drivers/hwmon/tmp421.c
@@ -410,18 +410,15 @@ static int tmp421_probe_from_dt(struct i2c_client *client, struct tmp421_data *d
 {
 	struct device *dev = &client->dev;
 	const struct device_node *np = dev->of_node;
-	struct device_node *child;
 	int err;
 
-	for_each_child_of_node(np, child) {
+	for_each_child_of_node_scoped(np, child) {
 		if (strcmp(child->name, "channel"))
 			continue;
 
 		err = tmp421_probe_child_from_dt(client, child, data);
-		if (err) {
-			of_node_put(child);
+		if (err)
 			return err;
-		}
 	}
 
 	return 0;