diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
index de33ebf008ada0ba7bad516dbc7322553e684737..8814c572e263d95570c31959e8c71d01cbfae52a 100644
--- a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
+++ b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
@@ -1327,14 +1327,14 @@ static int cpufreq_online(unsigned int cpu)
 	return 0;
 
 out_exit_policy:
+	for_each_cpu(j, policy->real_cpus)
+		remove_cpu_dev_symlink(policy, get_cpu_device(j));
+
 	up_write(&policy->rwsem);
 
 	if (cpufreq_driver->exit)
 		cpufreq_driver->exit(policy);
 
-	for_each_cpu(j, policy->real_cpus)
-		remove_cpu_dev_symlink(policy, get_cpu_device(j));
-
 out_free_policy:
 	cpufreq_policy_free(policy);
 	return ret;