diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/cppc_cpufreq.c b/drivers/cpufreq/cppc_cpufreq.c
index e0ff09d66c96..17cfa2b92eee 100644
--- a/drivers/cpufreq/cppc_cpufreq.c
+++ b/drivers/cpufreq/cppc_cpufreq.c
@@ -615,10 +615,15 @@ static unsigned int cppc_cpufreq_get_rate(unsigned int cpu)
 {
 	struct cppc_perf_fb_ctrs fb_ctrs_t0 = {0}, fb_ctrs_t1 = {0};
 	struct cpufreq_policy *policy = cpufreq_cpu_get(cpu);
-	struct cppc_cpudata *cpu_data = policy->driver_data;
+	struct cppc_cpudata *cpu_data;
 	u64 delivered_perf;
 	int ret;
 
+	if (!policy)
+		return -ENODEV;
+
+	cpu_data = policy->driver_data;
+
 	cpufreq_cpu_put(policy);
 
 	ret = cppc_get_perf_ctrs(cpu, &fb_ctrs_t0);
@@ -697,10 +702,15 @@ static struct cpufreq_driver cppc_cpufreq_driver = {
 static unsigned int hisi_cppc_cpufreq_get_rate(unsigned int cpu)
 {
 	struct cpufreq_policy *policy = cpufreq_cpu_get(cpu);
-	struct cppc_cpudata *cpu_data = policy->driver_data;
+	struct cppc_cpudata *cpu_data;
 	u64 desired_perf;
 	int ret;
 
+	if (!policy)
+		return -ENODEV;
+
+	cpu_data = policy->driver_data;
+
 	cpufreq_cpu_put(policy);
 
 	ret = cppc_get_desired_perf(cpu, &desired_perf);