diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_interactive.c b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_interactive.c
index ff77b300df88..786fd012e8b2 100644
--- a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_interactive.c
+++ b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_interactive.c
@@ -1154,8 +1154,10 @@ static int cpufreq_governor_interactive(struct cpufreq_policy *policy,
 		spin_lock_init(&tunables->above_hispeed_delay_lock);
 
 		policy->governor_data = tunables;
-		if (!have_governor_per_policy())
+		if (!have_governor_per_policy()) {
 			common_tunables = tunables;
+			WARN_ON(cpufreq_get_global_kobject());
+		}
 
 		rc = sysfs_create_group(get_governor_parent_kobj(policy),
 				get_sysfs_attr());
@@ -1185,6 +1187,10 @@ static int cpufreq_governor_interactive(struct cpufreq_policy *policy,
 
 			sysfs_remove_group(get_governor_parent_kobj(policy),
 					get_sysfs_attr());
+
+			if (!have_governor_per_policy())
+				cpufreq_put_global_kobject();
+
 			kfree(tunables);
 			common_tunables = NULL;
 		}