diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
index 5b317b0db9028c6ecf351a1cb096d2e57945d7e8..18e58c1bfd666ff58845522d2caf6a5b6ff9ea4c 100644
--- a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
+++ b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
@@ -944,6 +944,37 @@ static int cpufreq_add_policy_cpu(unsigned int cpu, unsigned int sibling,
 }
 #endif
 
+static struct cpufreq_policy *cpufreq_policy_alloc(void)
+{
+	struct cpufreq_policy *policy;
+
+	policy = kzalloc(sizeof(*policy), GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!policy)
+		return NULL;
+
+	if (!alloc_cpumask_var(&policy->cpus, GFP_KERNEL))
+		goto err_free_policy;
+
+	if (!zalloc_cpumask_var(&policy->related_cpus, GFP_KERNEL))
+		goto err_free_cpumask;
+
+	return policy;
+
+err_free_cpumask:
+	free_cpumask_var(policy->cpus);
+err_free_policy:
+	kfree(policy);
+
+	return NULL;
+}
+
+static void cpufreq_policy_free(struct cpufreq_policy *policy)
+{
+	free_cpumask_var(policy->related_cpus);
+	free_cpumask_var(policy->cpus);
+	kfree(policy);
+}
+
 /**
  * cpufreq_add_dev - add a CPU device
  *
@@ -997,16 +1028,10 @@ static int cpufreq_add_dev(struct device *dev, struct subsys_interface *sif)
 		goto module_out;
 	}
 
-	policy = kzalloc(sizeof(struct cpufreq_policy), GFP_KERNEL);
+	policy = cpufreq_policy_alloc();
 	if (!policy)
 		goto nomem_out;
 
-	if (!alloc_cpumask_var(&policy->cpus, GFP_KERNEL))
-		goto err_free_policy;
-
-	if (!zalloc_cpumask_var(&policy->related_cpus, GFP_KERNEL))
-		goto err_free_cpumask;
-
 	policy->cpu = cpu;
 	policy->governor = CPUFREQ_DEFAULT_GOVERNOR;
 	cpumask_copy(policy->cpus, cpumask_of(cpu));
@@ -1071,11 +1096,7 @@ static int cpufreq_add_dev(struct device *dev, struct subsys_interface *sif)
 
 err_set_policy_cpu:
 	per_cpu(cpufreq_policy_cpu, cpu) = -1;
-	free_cpumask_var(policy->related_cpus);
-err_free_cpumask:
-	free_cpumask_var(policy->cpus);
-err_free_policy:
-	kfree(policy);
+	cpufreq_policy_free(policy);
 nomem_out:
 	module_put(cpufreq_driver->owner);
 module_out:
@@ -1199,9 +1220,7 @@ static int __cpufreq_remove_dev(struct device *dev,
 		if (cpufreq_driver->exit)
 			cpufreq_driver->exit(data);
 
-		free_cpumask_var(data->related_cpus);
-		free_cpumask_var(data->cpus);
-		kfree(data);
+		cpufreq_policy_free(data);
 	} else {
 		pr_debug("%s: removing link, cpu: %d\n", __func__, cpu);
 		cpufreq_cpu_put(data);