diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_stats.c b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_stats.c
index e40e50809644..9d7732b81044 100644
--- a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_stats.c
+++ b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_stats.c
@@ -364,18 +364,21 @@ static int __init cpufreq_stats_init(void)
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
 
+	register_hotcpu_notifier(&cpufreq_stat_cpu_notifier);
+	for_each_online_cpu(cpu)
+		cpufreq_update_policy(cpu);
+
 	ret = cpufreq_register_notifier(&notifier_trans_block,
 				CPUFREQ_TRANSITION_NOTIFIER);
 	if (ret) {
 		cpufreq_unregister_notifier(&notifier_policy_block,
 				CPUFREQ_POLICY_NOTIFIER);
+		unregister_hotcpu_notifier(&cpufreq_stat_cpu_notifier);
+		for_each_online_cpu(cpu)
+			cpufreq_stats_free_table(cpu);
 		return ret;
 	}
 
-	register_hotcpu_notifier(&cpufreq_stat_cpu_notifier);
-	for_each_online_cpu(cpu) {
-		cpufreq_update_policy(cpu);
-	}
 	return 0;
 }
 static void __exit cpufreq_stats_exit(void)