diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
index a33174e324d1..34999fc3216f 100644
--- a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
+++ b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
@@ -2041,6 +2041,9 @@ static int cpufreq_cpu_callback(struct notifier_block *nfb,
 
 		case CPU_DOWN_PREPARE:
 			__cpufreq_remove_dev_prepare(dev, NULL, frozen);
+			break;
+
+		case CPU_POST_DEAD:
 			__cpufreq_remove_dev_finish(dev, NULL, frozen);
 			break;