diff --git a/drivers/devfreq/devfreq.c b/drivers/devfreq/devfreq.c
index 3927ed9fdbd5..4f1b0cebe9a4 100644
--- a/drivers/devfreq/devfreq.c
+++ b/drivers/devfreq/devfreq.c
@@ -795,8 +795,10 @@ static ssize_t governor_store(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr,
 		ret = PTR_ERR(governor);
 		goto out;
 	}
-	if (df->governor == governor)
+	if (df->governor == governor) {
+		ret = 0;
 		goto out;
+	}
 
 	if (df->governor) {
 		ret = df->governor->event_handler(df, DEVFREQ_GOV_STOP, NULL);