diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
index 6f024852c6fbdecc29845b199ded752e0afce468..e572d51db945025611666b93adc64a202d251d23 100644
--- a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
+++ b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
@@ -1322,11 +1322,6 @@ static int cpufreq_nominate_new_policy_cpu(struct cpufreq_policy *policy,
 	ret = kobject_move(&policy->kobj, &cpu_dev->kobj);
 	if (ret) {
 		pr_err("%s: Failed to move kobj: %d\n", __func__, ret);
-
-		down_write(&policy->rwsem);
-		cpumask_set_cpu(old_cpu, policy->cpus);
-		up_write(&policy->rwsem);
-
 		ret = sysfs_create_link(&cpu_dev->kobj, &policy->kobj,
 					"cpufreq");