1 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
index 0675d9f02e34..0a6c4c8642e7 100644
--- a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
+++ b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
@@ -612,6 +612,7 @@ static int cpufreq_add_dev (struct sys_device * sys_dev)
         ret = cpufreq_driver->init(policy);
         if (ret) {
                 dprintk("initialization failed\n");
+                mutex_unlock(&policy->lock);
                 goto err_out;
         }
 
@@ -623,9 +624,10 @@ static int cpufreq_add_dev (struct sys_device * sys_dev)
         strlcpy(policy->kobj.name, "cpufreq", KOBJ_NAME_LEN);
 
         ret = kobject_register(&policy->kobj);
-        if (ret)
+        if (ret) {
+                mutex_unlock(&policy->lock);
                 goto err_out_driver_exit;
-
+        }
         /* set up files for this cpu device */
         drv_attr = cpufreq_driver->attr;
         while ((drv_attr) && (*drv_attr)) {