diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/brcmstb-avs-cpufreq.c b/drivers/cpufreq/brcmstb-avs-cpufreq.c
index 77b0e5d0fb134..4f86ce2db34fb 100644
--- a/drivers/cpufreq/brcmstb-avs-cpufreq.c
+++ b/drivers/cpufreq/brcmstb-avs-cpufreq.c
@@ -455,6 +455,8 @@ static unsigned int brcm_avs_cpufreq_get(unsigned int cpu)
 	struct cpufreq_policy *policy = cpufreq_cpu_get(cpu);
 	struct private_data *priv = policy->driver_data;
 
+	cpufreq_cpu_put(policy);
+
 	return brcm_avs_get_frequency(priv->base);
 }