diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
index d199256d84c0ce6fa8f03a3d22256932db6511f7..36bc11a106aa075ab2bf0d85d00f0acff2b60770 100644
--- a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
+++ b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
@@ -2466,10 +2466,7 @@ int cpufreq_register_driver(struct cpufreq_driver *driver_data)
 
 	register_hotcpu_notifier(&cpufreq_cpu_notifier);
 	pr_debug("driver %s up and running\n", driver_data->name);
-
-out:
-	put_online_cpus();
-	return ret;
+	goto out;
 
 err_if_unreg:
 	subsys_interface_unregister(&cpufreq_interface);
@@ -2479,7 +2476,9 @@ int cpufreq_register_driver(struct cpufreq_driver *driver_data)
 	write_lock_irqsave(&cpufreq_driver_lock, flags);
 	cpufreq_driver = NULL;
 	write_unlock_irqrestore(&cpufreq_driver_lock, flags);
-	goto out;
+out:
+	put_online_cpus();
+	return ret;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(cpufreq_register_driver);