diff --git a/kernel/sched/cpufreq_schedutil.c b/kernel/sched/cpufreq_schedutil.c
index 81eb7899c7c8..b314c9eaa71d 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/cpufreq_schedutil.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/cpufreq_schedutil.c
@@ -605,10 +605,9 @@ fail:
 
 stop_kthread:
 	sugov_kthread_stop(sg_policy);
-
-free_sg_policy:
 	mutex_unlock(&global_tunables_lock);
 
+free_sg_policy:
 	sugov_policy_free(sg_policy);
 
 disable_fast_switch: