diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
index 702777b..a7b6ac6 100644
--- a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
+++ b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
@@ -1060,11 +1060,10 @@
 	return cpufreq_add_dev_symlink(policy);
 }
 
-static void cpufreq_init_policy(struct cpufreq_policy *policy)
+static int cpufreq_init_policy(struct cpufreq_policy *policy)
 {
 	struct cpufreq_governor *gov = NULL;
 	struct cpufreq_policy new_policy;
-	int ret = 0;
 
 	memcpy(&new_policy, policy, sizeof(*policy));
 
@@ -1083,12 +1082,7 @@
 		cpufreq_parse_governor(gov->name, &new_policy.policy, NULL);
 
 	/* set default policy */
-	ret = cpufreq_set_policy(policy, &new_policy);
-	if (ret) {
-		pr_debug("setting policy failed\n");
-		if (cpufreq_driver->exit)
-			cpufreq_driver->exit(policy);
-	}
+	return cpufreq_set_policy(policy, &new_policy);
 }
 
 static int cpufreq_add_policy_cpu(struct cpufreq_policy *policy,
@@ -1386,7 +1380,12 @@
 		write_unlock_irqrestore(&cpufreq_driver_lock, flags);
 	}
 
-	cpufreq_init_policy(policy);
+	ret = cpufreq_init_policy(policy);
+	if (ret) {
+		pr_err("%s: Failed to initialize policy for cpu: %d (%d)\n",
+		       __func__, cpu, ret);
+		goto out_remove_policy_notify;
+	}
 
 	if (!recover_policy) {
 		policy->user_policy.policy = policy->policy;
@@ -1406,6 +1405,9 @@
 
 	return 0;
 
+out_remove_policy_notify:
+	/* cpufreq_policy_free() will notify based on this */
+	recover_policy = true;
 out_exit_policy:
 	up_write(&policy->rwsem);