diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
index 799431d287ee..b998b5083953 100644
--- a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
+++ b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
@@ -1212,6 +1212,7 @@ static struct cpufreq_policy *cpufreq_policy_alloc(unsigned int cpu)
 	if (!zalloc_cpumask_var(&policy->real_cpus, GFP_KERNEL))
 		goto err_free_rcpumask;
 
+	init_completion(&policy->kobj_unregister);
 	ret = kobject_init_and_add(&policy->kobj, &ktype_cpufreq,
 				   cpufreq_global_kobject, "policy%u", cpu);
 	if (ret) {
@@ -1250,7 +1251,6 @@ static struct cpufreq_policy *cpufreq_policy_alloc(unsigned int cpu)
 	init_rwsem(&policy->rwsem);
 	spin_lock_init(&policy->transition_lock);
 	init_waitqueue_head(&policy->transition_wait);
-	init_completion(&policy->kobj_unregister);
 	INIT_WORK(&policy->update, handle_update);
 
 	policy->cpu = cpu;