diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/pasemi-cpufreq.c b/drivers/cpufreq/pasemi-cpufreq.c
index 93f39a1d4c3d..c66f566a854c 100644
--- a/drivers/cpufreq/pasemi-cpufreq.c
+++ b/drivers/cpufreq/pasemi-cpufreq.c
@@ -131,11 +131,19 @@ static int pas_cpufreq_cpu_init(struct cpufreq_policy *policy)
 	int err = -ENODEV;
 
 	cpu = of_get_cpu_node(policy->cpu, NULL);
-
-	of_node_put(cpu);
 	if (!cpu)
 		goto out;
 
+	max_freqp = of_get_property(cpu, "clock-frequency", NULL);
+	of_node_put(cpu);
+	if (!max_freqp) {
+		err = -EINVAL;
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	/* we need the freq in kHz */
+	max_freq = *max_freqp / 1000;
+
 	dn = of_find_compatible_node(NULL, NULL, "1682m-sdc");
 	if (!dn)
 		dn = of_find_compatible_node(NULL, NULL,
@@ -171,16 +179,6 @@ static int pas_cpufreq_cpu_init(struct cpufreq_policy *policy)
 	}
 
 	pr_debug("init cpufreq on CPU %d\n", policy->cpu);
-
-	max_freqp = of_get_property(cpu, "clock-frequency", NULL);
-	if (!max_freqp) {
-		err = -EINVAL;
-		goto out_unmap_sdcpwr;
-	}
-
-	/* we need the freq in kHz */
-	max_freq = *max_freqp / 1000;
-
 	pr_debug("max clock-frequency is at %u kHz\n", max_freq);
 	pr_debug("initializing frequency table\n");
 
@@ -199,9 +197,6 @@ static int pas_cpufreq_cpu_init(struct cpufreq_policy *policy)
 	cpufreq_generic_init(policy, pas_freqs, get_gizmo_latency());
 	return 0;
 
-out_unmap_sdcpwr:
-	iounmap(sdcpwr_mapbase);
-
 out_unmap_sdcasr:
 	iounmap(sdcasr_mapbase);
 out: