diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_interactive.c b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_interactive.c
index 2a26e181f4f5..f838ca01084d 100644
--- a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_interactive.c
+++ b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_interactive.c
@@ -1437,7 +1437,6 @@ static int cpufreq_governor_interactive(struct cpufreq_policy *policy,
 			pcpu = &per_cpu(cpuinfo, j);
 			down_write(&pcpu->enable_sem);
 			pcpu->governor_enabled = 0;
-			pcpu->policy = NULL;
 			del_timer_sync(&pcpu->cpu_timer);
 			del_timer_sync(&pcpu->cpu_slack_timer);
 			up_write(&pcpu->enable_sem);