ret = cpufreq_driver->init(policy);
        if (ret) {
                dprintk("initialization failed\n");
-               unlock_policy_rwsem_write(cpu);
                goto err_out;
        }
        policy->user_policy.min = policy->cpuinfo.min_freq;
                /* check for existing affected CPUs.  They may not be aware
                 * of it due to CPU Hotplug.
                 */
-               managed_policy = cpufreq_cpu_get(j);
+               managed_policy = cpufreq_cpu_get(j);            // FIXME: Where is this released?  What about error paths?
                if (unlikely(managed_policy)) {
 
                        /* Set proper policy_cpu */
                        ret = sysfs_create_link(&sys_dev->kobj,
                                                &managed_policy->kobj,
                                                "cpufreq");
-                       if (ret) {
-                               unlock_policy_rwsem_write(cpu);
+                       if (ret)
                                goto err_out_driver_exit;
-                       }
 
                        cpufreq_debug_enable_ratelimit();
                        ret = 0;
-                       unlock_policy_rwsem_write(cpu);
                        goto err_out_driver_exit; /* call driver->exit() */
                }
        }
        /* prepare interface data */
        ret = kobject_init_and_add(&policy->kobj, &ktype_cpufreq, &sys_dev->kobj,
                                   "cpufreq");
-       if (ret) {
-               unlock_policy_rwsem_write(cpu);
+       if (ret)
                goto err_out_driver_exit;
-       }
+
        /* set up files for this cpu device */
        drv_attr = cpufreq_driver->attr;
        while ((drv_attr) && (*drv_attr)) {
                ret = sysfs_create_file(&policy->kobj, &((*drv_attr)->attr));
-               if (ret) {
-                       unlock_policy_rwsem_write(cpu);
+               if (ret)
                        goto err_out_driver_exit;
-               }
                drv_attr++;
        }
-       if (cpufreq_driver->get){
+       if (cpufreq_driver->get) {
                ret = sysfs_create_file(&policy->kobj, &cpuinfo_cur_freq.attr);
-               if (ret) {
-                       unlock_policy_rwsem_write(cpu);
+               if (ret)
                        goto err_out_driver_exit;
-               }
        }
-       if (cpufreq_driver->target){
+       if (cpufreq_driver->target) {
                ret = sysfs_create_file(&policy->kobj, &scaling_cur_freq.attr);
-               if (ret) {
-                       unlock_policy_rwsem_write(cpu);
+               if (ret)
                        goto err_out_driver_exit;
-               }
        }
 
        spin_lock_irqsave(&cpufreq_driver_lock, flags);
                cpu_sys_dev = get_cpu_sysdev(j);
                ret = sysfs_create_link(&cpu_sys_dev->kobj, &policy->kobj,
                                        "cpufreq");
-               if (ret) {
-                       unlock_policy_rwsem_write(cpu);
+               if (ret)
                        goto err_out_unregister;
-               }
        }
 
        policy->governor = NULL; /* to assure that the starting sequence is
                cpufreq_driver->exit(policy);
 
 err_out:
+       unlock_policy_rwsem_write(cpu);
        kfree(policy);
 
 nomem_out: