1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
index 120d236c0ffb..bd74a0b12176 100644
--- a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
+++ b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
@@ -858,6 +858,8 @@ static int cpufreq_add_dev(struct sys_device *sys_dev)
 
                 /* Check for existing affected CPUs.
                  * They may not be aware of it due to CPU Hotplug.
+                 * cpufreq_cpu_put is called when the device is removed
+                 * in __cpufreq_remove_dev()
                  */
                 managed_policy = cpufreq_cpu_get(j);
                 if (unlikely(managed_policy)) {
@@ -884,7 +886,7 @@ static int cpufreq_add_dev(struct sys_device *sys_dev)
                         ret = sysfs_create_link(&sys_dev->kobj,
                                                 &managed_policy->kobj,
                                                 "cpufreq");
-                        if (!ret)
+                        if (ret)
                                 cpufreq_cpu_put(managed_policy);
                         /*
                          * Success. We only needed to be added to the mask.