diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/intel_pstate.c b/drivers/cpufreq/intel_pstate.c
index 51e7d2ea8294a6e84fd2e222929584601747ef7f..0908e3ed17b3355435bfee50445d11fb3c25cfad 100644
--- a/drivers/cpufreq/intel_pstate.c
+++ b/drivers/cpufreq/intel_pstate.c
@@ -1354,10 +1354,10 @@ static void update_qos_request(enum freq_qos_req_type type)
 			continue;
 
 		req = policy->driver_data;
-		cpufreq_cpu_put(policy);
-
-		if (!req)
+		if (!req) {
+			cpufreq_cpu_put(policy);
 			continue;
+		}
 
 		if (hwp_active)
 			intel_pstate_get_hwp_cap(cpu);
@@ -1373,6 +1373,8 @@ static void update_qos_request(enum freq_qos_req_type type)
 
 		if (freq_qos_update_request(req, freq) < 0)
 			pr_warn("Failed to update freq constraint: CPU%d\n", i);
+
+		cpufreq_cpu_put(policy);
 	}
 }