diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_platform.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_platform.c
index 7f816f0cf9a5..36b013b9d99e 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_platform.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_platform.c
@@ -472,8 +472,10 @@ stmmac_probe_config_dt(struct platform_device *pdev, u8 *mac)
 		dev_warn(&pdev->dev, "snps,phy-addr property is deprecated\n");
 
 	rc = stmmac_mdio_setup(plat, np, &pdev->dev);
-	if (rc)
-		return ERR_PTR(rc);
+	if (rc) {
+		ret = ERR_PTR(rc);
+		goto error_put_phy;
+	}
 
 	of_property_read_u32(np, "tx-fifo-depth", &plat->tx_fifo_size);
 
@@ -559,8 +561,8 @@ stmmac_probe_config_dt(struct platform_device *pdev, u8 *mac)
 	dma_cfg = devm_kzalloc(&pdev->dev, sizeof(*dma_cfg),
 			       GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!dma_cfg) {
-		stmmac_remove_config_dt(pdev, plat);
-		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
+		ret = ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
+		goto error_put_mdio;
 	}
 	plat->dma_cfg = dma_cfg;
 
@@ -588,8 +590,8 @@ stmmac_probe_config_dt(struct platform_device *pdev, u8 *mac)
 
 	rc = stmmac_mtl_setup(pdev, plat);
 	if (rc) {
-		stmmac_remove_config_dt(pdev, plat);
-		return ERR_PTR(rc);
+		ret = ERR_PTR(rc);
+		goto error_put_mdio;
 	}
 
 	/* clock setup */
@@ -641,6 +643,10 @@ error_hw_init:
 	clk_disable_unprepare(plat->pclk);
 error_pclk_get:
 	clk_disable_unprepare(plat->stmmac_clk);
+error_put_mdio:
+	of_node_put(plat->mdio_node);
+error_put_phy:
+	of_node_put(plat->phy_node);
 
 	return ret;
 }
@@ -649,16 +655,17 @@ static void devm_stmmac_remove_config_dt(void *data)
 {
 	struct plat_stmmacenet_data *plat = data;
 
-	/* Platform data argument is unused */
-	stmmac_remove_config_dt(NULL, plat);
+	clk_disable_unprepare(plat->stmmac_clk);
+	clk_disable_unprepare(plat->pclk);
+	of_node_put(plat->mdio_node);
+	of_node_put(plat->phy_node);
 }
 
 /**
  * devm_stmmac_probe_config_dt
  * @pdev: platform_device structure
  * @mac: MAC address to use
- * Description: Devres variant of stmmac_probe_config_dt(). Does not require
- * the user to call stmmac_remove_config_dt() at driver detach.
+ * Description: Devres variant of stmmac_probe_config_dt().
  */
 struct plat_stmmacenet_data *
 devm_stmmac_probe_config_dt(struct platform_device *pdev, u8 *mac)