1 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
index ca69f42b8e1e..2b181f75da15 100644
--- a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
+++ b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
@@ -1392,9 +1392,10 @@ static int __cpufreq_remove_dev_finish(struct device *dev,
         unsigned long flags;
         struct cpufreq_policy *policy;
 
-        read_lock_irqsave(&cpufreq_driver_lock, flags);
+        write_lock_irqsave(&cpufreq_driver_lock, flags);
         policy = per_cpu(cpufreq_cpu_data, cpu);
-        read_unlock_irqrestore(&cpufreq_driver_lock, flags);
+        per_cpu(cpufreq_cpu_data, cpu) = NULL;
+        write_unlock_irqrestore(&cpufreq_driver_lock, flags);
 
         if (!policy) {
                 pr_debug("%s: No cpu_data found\n", __func__);
@@ -1449,7 +1450,6 @@ static int __cpufreq_remove_dev_finish(struct device *dev,
                 }
         }
 
-        per_cpu(cpufreq_cpu_data, cpu) = NULL;
         return 0;
 }