diff --git a/drivers/acpi/cppc_acpi.c b/drivers/acpi/cppc_acpi.c
index 9ec4618df533..318bdfb8703c 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/cppc_acpi.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/cppc_acpi.c
@@ -793,8 +793,10 @@ int acpi_cppc_processor_probe(struct acpi_processor *pr)
 
 	ret = kobject_init_and_add(&cpc_ptr->kobj, &cppc_ktype, &cpu_dev->kobj,
 			"acpi_cppc");
-	if (ret)
+	if (ret) {
+		kobject_put(&cpc_ptr->kobj);
 		goto out_free;
+	}
 
 	kfree(output.pointer);
 	return 0;