diff --git a/kernel/sched/cpufreq_schedutil.c b/kernel/sched/cpufreq_schedutil.c
index 5c41ea3674223..3638d2377e3c6 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/cpufreq_schedutil.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/cpufreq_schedutil.c
@@ -771,6 +771,7 @@ static int sugov_init(struct cpufreq_policy *policy)
 	return 0;
 
 fail:
+	kobject_put(&tunables->attr_set.kobj);
 	policy->governor_data = NULL;
 	sugov_tunables_free(tunables);