diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/intel_pstate.c b/drivers/cpufreq/intel_pstate.c
index 5f5f5ed11691..97b349a6f5c7 100644
--- a/drivers/cpufreq/intel_pstate.c
+++ b/drivers/cpufreq/intel_pstate.c
@@ -702,7 +702,9 @@ static int intel_pstate_init_cpu(unsigned int cpunum)
 {
 	struct cpudata *cpu;
 
-	all_cpu_data[cpunum] = kzalloc(sizeof(struct cpudata), GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!all_cpu_data[cpunum])
+		all_cpu_data[cpunum] = kzalloc(sizeof(struct cpudata),
+					       GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!all_cpu_data[cpunum])
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
@@ -783,8 +785,6 @@ static void intel_pstate_stop_cpu(struct cpufreq_policy *policy)
 
 	del_timer_sync(&all_cpu_data[cpu_num]->timer);
 	intel_pstate_set_pstate(cpu, cpu->pstate.min_pstate);
-	kfree(all_cpu_data[cpu_num]);
-	all_cpu_data[cpu_num] = NULL;
 }
 
 static int intel_pstate_cpu_init(struct cpufreq_policy *policy)