1 files changed, 1 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
index 9e102af0c07b..5efd5550f4ca 100644
--- a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
+++ b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
@@ -913,7 +913,7 @@ err_out_unregister:
                 cpufreq_cpu_data[j] = NULL;
         spin_unlock_irqrestore(&cpufreq_driver_lock, flags);
 
-        kobject_unregister(&policy->kobj);
+        kobject_put(&policy->kobj);
         wait_for_completion(&policy->kobj_unregister);
 
 err_out_driver_exit:
@@ -1030,8 +1030,6 @@ static int __cpufreq_remove_dev (struct sys_device * sys_dev)
 
         unlock_policy_rwsem_write(cpu);
 
-        kobject_unregister(&data->kobj);
-
         kobject_put(&data->kobj);
 
         /* we need to make sure that the underlying kobj is actually