diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
index 5e626b12b97e..79581fab82d6 100644
--- a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
+++ b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
@@ -841,19 +841,25 @@ static int cpufreq_add_dev (struct sys_device * sys_dev)
 	drv_attr = cpufreq_driver->attr;
 	while ((drv_attr) && (*drv_attr)) {
 		ret = sysfs_create_file(&policy->kobj, &((*drv_attr)->attr));
-		if (ret)
+		if (ret) {
+			unlock_policy_rwsem_write(cpu);
 			goto err_out_driver_exit;
+		}
 		drv_attr++;
 	}
 	if (cpufreq_driver->get){
 		ret = sysfs_create_file(&policy->kobj, &cpuinfo_cur_freq.attr);
-		if (ret)
+		if (ret) {
+			unlock_policy_rwsem_write(cpu);
 			goto err_out_driver_exit;
+		}
 	}
 	if (cpufreq_driver->target){
 		ret = sysfs_create_file(&policy->kobj, &scaling_cur_freq.attr);
-		if (ret)
+		if (ret) {
+			unlock_policy_rwsem_write(cpu);
 			goto err_out_driver_exit;
+		}
 	}
 
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&cpufreq_driver_lock, flags);