diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
index eb9bb7848e5012e1b5256f273e1cb4fce9e1f097..6e93e7f9835848e50b8fc691f7953cca0ac1e593 100644
--- a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
+++ b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
@@ -1289,6 +1289,8 @@ static int __cpufreq_add_dev(struct device *dev, struct subsys_interface *sif)
 		per_cpu(cpufreq_cpu_data, j) = NULL;
 	write_unlock_irqrestore(&cpufreq_driver_lock, flags);
 
+	up_write(&policy->rwsem);
+
 	if (cpufreq_driver->exit)
 		cpufreq_driver->exit(policy);
 err_set_policy_cpu: