diff --git a/drivers/opp/core.c b/drivers/opp/core.c
index 0ee8c0133d3e..9ff0538ee83a 100644
--- a/drivers/opp/core.c
+++ b/drivers/opp/core.c
@@ -988,6 +988,7 @@ static struct opp_table *_allocate_opp_table(struct device *dev, int index)
 	BLOCKING_INIT_NOTIFIER_HEAD(&opp_table->head);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&opp_table->opp_list);
 	kref_init(&opp_table->kref);
+	kref_init(&opp_table->list_kref);
 
 	/* Secure the device table modification */
 	list_add(&opp_table->node, &opp_tables);
diff --git a/drivers/opp/of.c b/drivers/opp/of.c
index b313aca9894f..698a92c3c17b 100644
--- a/drivers/opp/of.c
+++ b/drivers/opp/of.c
@@ -662,8 +662,6 @@ static int _of_add_opp_table_v2(struct device *dev, struct opp_table *opp_table)
 		return 0;
 	}
 
-	kref_init(&opp_table->list_kref);
-
 	/* We have opp-table node now, iterate over it and add OPPs */
 	for_each_available_child_of_node(opp_table->np, np) {
 		opp = _opp_add_static_v2(opp_table, dev, np);
@@ -672,17 +670,15 @@ static int _of_add_opp_table_v2(struct device *dev, struct opp_table *opp_table)
 			dev_err(dev, "%s: Failed to add OPP, %d\n", __func__,
 				ret);
 			of_node_put(np);
-			goto put_list_kref;
+			return ret;
 		} else if (opp) {
 			count++;
 		}
 	}
 
 	/* There should be one of more OPP defined */
-	if (WARN_ON(!count)) {
-		ret = -ENOENT;
-		goto put_list_kref;
-	}
+	if (WARN_ON(!count))
+		return -ENOENT;
 
 	list_for_each_entry(opp, &opp_table->opp_list, node)
 		pstate_count += !!opp->pstate;
@@ -691,8 +687,7 @@ static int _of_add_opp_table_v2(struct device *dev, struct opp_table *opp_table)
 	if (pstate_count && pstate_count != count) {
 		dev_err(dev, "Not all nodes have performance state set (%d: %d)\n",
 			count, pstate_count);
-		ret = -ENOENT;
-		goto put_list_kref;
+		return -ENOENT;
 	}
 
 	if (pstate_count)
@@ -701,11 +696,6 @@ static int _of_add_opp_table_v2(struct device *dev, struct opp_table *opp_table)
 	opp_table->parsed_static_opps = true;
 
 	return 0;
-
-put_list_kref:
-	_put_opp_list_kref(opp_table);
-
-	return ret;
 }
 
 /* Initializes OPP tables based on old-deprecated bindings */
@@ -731,8 +721,6 @@ static int _of_add_opp_table_v1(struct device *dev, struct opp_table *opp_table)
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
-	kref_init(&opp_table->list_kref);
-
 	val = prop->value;
 	while (nr) {
 		unsigned long freq = be32_to_cpup(val++) * 1000;
@@ -742,7 +730,6 @@ static int _of_add_opp_table_v1(struct device *dev, struct opp_table *opp_table)
 		if (ret) {
 			dev_err(dev, "%s: Failed to add OPP %ld (%d)\n",
 				__func__, freq, ret);
-			_put_opp_list_kref(opp_table);
 			return ret;
 		}
 		nr -= 2;