diff --git a/drivers/devfreq/devfreq.c b/drivers/devfreq/devfreq.c
index 18b7591c33a8..dd87696c8201 100644
--- a/drivers/devfreq/devfreq.c
+++ b/drivers/devfreq/devfreq.c
@@ -606,7 +606,6 @@ struct devfreq *devfreq_add_device(struct device *dev,
 err_init:
 	list_del(&devfreq->node);
 	device_unregister(&devfreq->dev);
-	kfree(devfreq);
 err_out:
 	return ERR_PTR(err);
 }