diff --git a/drivers/devfreq/devfreq.c b/drivers/devfreq/devfreq.c
index 3e1afb4ac77c..0ebd64dfc0a9 100644
--- a/drivers/devfreq/devfreq.c
+++ b/drivers/devfreq/devfreq.c
@@ -564,7 +564,6 @@ struct devfreq *devfreq_add_device(struct device *dev,
 	dev_set_name(&devfreq->dev, "%s", dev_name(dev));
 	err = device_register(&devfreq->dev);
 	if (err) {
-		put_device(&devfreq->dev);
 		mutex_unlock(&devfreq->lock);
 		goto err_out;
 	}