diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
index e338d2f010fe..22aa2793e4d2 100644
--- a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
+++ b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
@@ -1004,10 +1004,9 @@ static struct kobj_type ktype_cpufreq = {
 	.release	= cpufreq_sysfs_release,
 };
 
-static void add_cpu_dev_symlink(struct cpufreq_policy *policy, unsigned int cpu)
+static void add_cpu_dev_symlink(struct cpufreq_policy *policy, unsigned int cpu,
+				struct device *dev)
 {
-	struct device *dev = get_cpu_device(cpu);
-
 	if (unlikely(!dev))
 		return;
 
@@ -1391,7 +1390,7 @@ static int cpufreq_online(unsigned int cpu)
 	if (new_policy) {
 		for_each_cpu(j, policy->related_cpus) {
 			per_cpu(cpufreq_cpu_data, j) = policy;
-			add_cpu_dev_symlink(policy, j);
+			add_cpu_dev_symlink(policy, j, get_cpu_device(j));
 		}
 
 		policy->min_freq_req = kzalloc(2 * sizeof(*policy->min_freq_req),
@@ -1565,7 +1564,7 @@ static int cpufreq_add_dev(struct device *dev, struct subsys_interface *sif)
 	/* Create sysfs link on CPU registration */
 	policy = per_cpu(cpufreq_cpu_data, cpu);
 	if (policy)
-		add_cpu_dev_symlink(policy, cpu);
+		add_cpu_dev_symlink(policy, cpu, dev);
 
 	return 0;
 }