1 files changed, 6 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/devfreq/devfreq.c b/drivers/devfreq/devfreq.c
index d0659253387a..59d24e9cb8c5 100644
--- a/drivers/devfreq/devfreq.c
+++ b/drivers/devfreq/devfreq.c
@@ -418,10 +418,14 @@ out:
  */
 int devfreq_remove_device(struct devfreq *devfreq)
 {
+        bool central_polling;
+
         if (!devfreq)
                 return -EINVAL;
 
-        if (!devfreq->governor->no_central_polling) {
+        central_polling = !devfreq->governor->no_central_polling;
+
+        if (central_polling) {
                 mutex_lock(&devfreq_list_lock);
                 while (wait_remove_device == devfreq) {
                         mutex_unlock(&devfreq_list_lock);
@@ -433,7 +437,7 @@ int devfreq_remove_device(struct devfreq *devfreq)
         mutex_lock(&devfreq->lock);
         _remove_devfreq(devfreq, false); /* it unlocks devfreq->lock */
 
-        if (!devfreq->governor->no_central_polling)
+        if (central_polling)
                 mutex_unlock(&devfreq_list_lock);
 
         return 0;