diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index d5b574d537ec..59131932b2f1 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 83933af4720b282f6f6a0b6c05a2a47b4cf08819
+refs/heads/master: f3876c1bc7a23d4712c824f2ef5ec7d138259594
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c b/trunk/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
index 0675d9f02e34..0a6c4c8642e7 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
@@ -612,6 +612,7 @@ static int cpufreq_add_dev (struct sys_device * sys_dev)
 	ret = cpufreq_driver->init(policy);
 	if (ret) {
 		dprintk("initialization failed\n");
+		mutex_unlock(&policy->lock);
 		goto err_out;
 	}
 
@@ -623,9 +624,10 @@ static int cpufreq_add_dev (struct sys_device * sys_dev)
 	strlcpy(policy->kobj.name, "cpufreq", KOBJ_NAME_LEN);
 
 	ret = kobject_register(&policy->kobj);
-	if (ret)
+	if (ret) {
+		mutex_unlock(&policy->lock);
 		goto err_out_driver_exit;
-
+	}
 	/* set up files for this cpu device */
 	drv_attr = cpufreq_driver->attr;
 	while ((drv_attr) && (*drv_attr)) {