spin_unlock_irqrestore(&cpufreq_driver_lock, flags);
 
                        dprintk("CPU already managed, adding link\n");
-                       sysfs_create_link(&sys_dev->kobj,
-                                         &managed_policy->kobj, "cpufreq");
+                       ret = sysfs_create_link(&sys_dev->kobj,
+                                               &managed_policy->kobj,
+                                               "cpufreq");
+                       if (ret) {
+                               mutex_unlock(&policy->lock);
+                               goto err_out_driver_exit;
+                       }
 
                        cpufreq_debug_enable_ratelimit();
                        mutex_unlock(&policy->lock);
                dprintk("CPU %u already managed, adding link\n", j);
                cpufreq_cpu_get(cpu);
                cpu_sys_dev = get_cpu_sysdev(j);
-               sysfs_create_link(&cpu_sys_dev->kobj, &policy->kobj,
-                                 "cpufreq");
+               ret = sysfs_create_link(&cpu_sys_dev->kobj, &policy->kobj,
+                                       "cpufreq");
+               if (ret) {
+                       mutex_unlock(&policy->lock);
+                       goto err_out_unregister;
+               }
        }
 
        policy->governor = NULL; /* to assure that the starting sequence is