diff --git a/drivers/acpi/cppc_acpi.c b/drivers/acpi/cppc_acpi.c
index e0ea8f56d2bfd9ceb19fa63eda3544195e4c1e56..3ca0729f7e0e5743fd48b68939e998a109c5c8d5 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/cppc_acpi.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/cppc_acpi.c
@@ -776,9 +776,6 @@ int acpi_cppc_processor_probe(struct acpi_processor *pr)
 		init_waitqueue_head(&pcc_data.pcc_write_wait_q);
 	}
 
-	/* Plug PSD data into this CPUs CPC descriptor. */
-	per_cpu(cpc_desc_ptr, pr->id) = cpc_ptr;
-
 	/* Everything looks okay */
 	pr_debug("Parsed CPC struct for CPU: %d\n", pr->id);
 
@@ -789,10 +786,15 @@ int acpi_cppc_processor_probe(struct acpi_processor *pr)
 		goto out_free;
 	}
 
+	/* Plug PSD data into this CPUs CPC descriptor. */
+	per_cpu(cpc_desc_ptr, pr->id) = cpc_ptr;
+
 	ret = kobject_init_and_add(&cpc_ptr->kobj, &cppc_ktype, &cpu_dev->kobj,
 			"acpi_cppc");
-	if (ret)
+	if (ret) {
+		per_cpu(cpc_desc_ptr, pr->id) = NULL;
 		goto out_free;
+	}
 
 	kfree(output.pointer);
 	return 0;
@@ -826,6 +828,8 @@ void acpi_cppc_processor_exit(struct acpi_processor *pr)
 	void __iomem *addr;
 
 	cpc_ptr = per_cpu(cpc_desc_ptr, pr->id);
+	if (!cpc_ptr)
+		return;
 
 	/* Free all the mapped sys mem areas for this CPU */
 	for (i = 2; i < cpc_ptr->num_entries; i++) {