diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
index 8a67f16987db..9bbdc258624c 100644
--- a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
+++ b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
@@ -1467,20 +1467,22 @@ int cpufreq_driver_target(struct cpufreq_policy *policy,
 			  unsigned int target_freq,
 			  unsigned int relation)
 {
-	int ret;
+	int ret = -EINVAL;
 
 	policy = cpufreq_cpu_get(policy->cpu);
 	if (!policy)
-		return -EINVAL;
+		goto no_policy;
 
 	if (unlikely(lock_policy_rwsem_write(policy->cpu)))
-		return -EINVAL;
+		goto fail;
 
 	ret = __cpufreq_driver_target(policy, target_freq, relation);
 
 	unlock_policy_rwsem_write(policy->cpu);
 
+fail:
 	cpufreq_cpu_put(policy);
+no_policy:
 	return ret;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(cpufreq_driver_target);
@@ -1717,13 +1719,17 @@ int cpufreq_update_policy(unsigned int cpu)
 {
 	struct cpufreq_policy *data = cpufreq_cpu_get(cpu);
 	struct cpufreq_policy policy;
-	int ret = 0;
+	int ret;
 
-	if (!data)
-		return -ENODEV;
+	if (!data) {
+		ret = -ENODEV;
+		goto no_policy;
+	}
 
-	if (unlikely(lock_policy_rwsem_write(cpu)))
-		return -EINVAL;
+	if (unlikely(lock_policy_rwsem_write(cpu))) {
+		ret = -EINVAL;
+		goto fail;
+	}
 
 	dprintk("updating policy for CPU %u\n", cpu);
 	memcpy(&policy, data, sizeof(struct cpufreq_policy));
@@ -1750,7 +1756,9 @@ int cpufreq_update_policy(unsigned int cpu)
 
 	unlock_policy_rwsem_write(cpu);
 
+fail:
 	cpufreq_cpu_put(data);
+no_policy:
 	return ret;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(cpufreq_update_policy);