diff --git a/drivers/devfreq/devfreq.c b/drivers/devfreq/devfreq.c
index 0b5b3abe054e..e26adf67e218 100644
--- a/drivers/devfreq/devfreq.c
+++ b/drivers/devfreq/devfreq.c
@@ -625,7 +625,8 @@ struct devfreq *devfreq_add_device(struct device *dev,
 	err = device_register(&devfreq->dev);
 	if (err) {
 		mutex_unlock(&devfreq->lock);
-		goto err_dev;
+		put_device(&devfreq->dev);
+		goto err_out;
 	}
 
 	devfreq->trans_table =
@@ -672,6 +673,7 @@ err_init:
 	mutex_unlock(&devfreq_list_lock);
 
 	device_unregister(&devfreq->dev);
+	devfreq = NULL;
 err_dev:
 	if (devfreq)
 		kfree(devfreq);