diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
index 233e8af48848f5877324d8e502da8c573b463e6e..fbaa8e6c7d2323c2cc48554b7986d3ebf15abad3 100644
--- a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
+++ b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
@@ -1534,6 +1534,8 @@ static int cpufreq_online(unsigned int cpu)
 	for_each_cpu(j, policy->real_cpus)
 		remove_cpu_dev_symlink(policy, get_cpu_device(j));
 
+	up_write(&policy->rwsem);
+
 out_offline_policy:
 	if (cpufreq_driver->offline)
 		cpufreq_driver->offline(policy);
@@ -1542,9 +1544,6 @@ static int cpufreq_online(unsigned int cpu)
 	if (cpufreq_driver->exit)
 		cpufreq_driver->exit(policy);
 
-	cpumask_clear(policy->cpus);
-	up_write(&policy->rwsem);
-
 out_free_policy:
 	cpufreq_policy_free(policy);
 	return ret;