diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_interactive.c b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_interactive.c
index 7f846b06e024..f2929e628820 100644
--- a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_interactive.c
+++ b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_interactive.c
@@ -1184,7 +1184,6 @@ static int cpufreq_governor_interactive(struct cpufreq_policy *policy,
 		policy->governor_data = tunables;
 		if (!have_governor_per_policy()) {
 			common_tunables = tunables;
-			WARN_ON(cpufreq_get_global_kobject());
 		}
 
 		rc = sysfs_create_group(get_governor_parent_kobj(policy),
@@ -1194,7 +1193,6 @@ static int cpufreq_governor_interactive(struct cpufreq_policy *policy,
 			policy->governor_data = NULL;
 			if (!have_governor_per_policy()) {
 				common_tunables = NULL;
-				cpufreq_put_global_kobject();
 			}
 			return rc;
 		}
@@ -1218,9 +1216,6 @@ static int cpufreq_governor_interactive(struct cpufreq_policy *policy,
 			sysfs_remove_group(get_governor_parent_kobj(policy),
 					get_sysfs_attr());
 
-			if (!have_governor_per_policy())
-				cpufreq_put_global_kobject();
-
 			kfree(tunables);
 			common_tunables = NULL;
 		}