diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
index 8d19f7c06010c364ff6ee758c15096c252f9f4bd..a42e6aec4aadb3ef32b36378910af0ba6f1d6cbb 100644
--- a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
+++ b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ static struct cpufreq_driver *cpufreq_driver;
 static DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct cpufreq_policy *, cpufreq_cpu_data);
 static DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct cpufreq_policy *, cpufreq_cpu_data_fallback);
 static DEFINE_RWLOCK(cpufreq_driver_lock);
-static DEFINE_MUTEX(cpufreq_governor_lock);
+DEFINE_MUTEX(cpufreq_governor_lock);
 static LIST_HEAD(cpufreq_policy_list);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU
diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_governor.c b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_governor.c
index e6be63561fa699a28053c7528056dcd08ffb2285..ba43991ba98aeeee2c7f833be6cb08f58638bb19 100644
--- a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_governor.c
+++ b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_governor.c
@@ -119,8 +119,9 @@ void gov_queue_work(struct dbs_data *dbs_data, struct cpufreq_policy *policy,
 {
 	int i;
 
+	mutex_lock(&cpufreq_governor_lock);
 	if (!policy->governor_enabled)
-		return;
+		goto out_unlock;
 
 	if (!all_cpus) {
 		/*
@@ -135,6 +136,9 @@ void gov_queue_work(struct dbs_data *dbs_data, struct cpufreq_policy *policy,
 		for_each_cpu(i, policy->cpus)
 			__gov_queue_work(i, dbs_data, delay);
 	}
+
+out_unlock:
+	mutex_unlock(&cpufreq_governor_lock);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(gov_queue_work);
 
diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_governor.h b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_governor.h
index b5f2b8618949dc75d55202d7b76e56e1e0c52a5f..bfb9ae14142c85a82341bf63afa594ed0fdaa278 100644
--- a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_governor.h
+++ b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_governor.h
@@ -257,6 +257,8 @@ static ssize_t show_sampling_rate_min_gov_pol				\
 	return sprintf(buf, "%u\n", dbs_data->min_sampling_rate);	\
 }
 
+extern struct mutex cpufreq_governor_lock;
+
 void dbs_check_cpu(struct dbs_data *dbs_data, int cpu);
 bool need_load_eval(struct cpu_dbs_common_info *cdbs,
 		unsigned int sampling_rate);