diff --git a/kernel/sched/cpufreq_schedutil.c b/kernel/sched/cpufreq_schedutil.c
index 7936f548e071e..617c6741c5254 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/cpufreq_schedutil.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/cpufreq_schedutil.c
@@ -625,10 +625,9 @@ static int sugov_init(struct cpufreq_policy *policy)
 
 stop_kthread:
 	sugov_kthread_stop(sg_policy);
-
-free_sg_policy:
 	mutex_unlock(&global_tunables_lock);
 
+free_sg_policy:
 	sugov_policy_free(sg_policy);
 
 disable_fast_switch: