};
 static DEFINE_IDA(cpufreq_ida);
 
-static unsigned int cpufreq_dev_count;
-
 static DEFINE_MUTEX(cooling_list_lock);
 static LIST_HEAD(cpufreq_dev_list);
 
        unsigned int freq, i, num_cpus;
        int ret;
        struct thermal_cooling_device_ops *cooling_ops;
+       bool first;
 
        if (!alloc_cpumask_var(&temp_mask, GFP_KERNEL))
                return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
        cpufreq_dev->cool_dev = cool_dev;
 
        mutex_lock(&cooling_list_lock);
+       /* Register the notifier for first cpufreq cooling device */
+       first = list_empty(&cpufreq_dev_list);
        list_add(&cpufreq_dev->node, &cpufreq_dev_list);
+       mutex_unlock(&cooling_list_lock);
 
-       /* Register the notifier for first cpufreq cooling device */
-       if (!cpufreq_dev_count++)
+       if (first)
                cpufreq_register_notifier(&thermal_cpufreq_notifier_block,
                                          CPUFREQ_POLICY_NOTIFIER);
-       mutex_unlock(&cooling_list_lock);
 
        goto put_policy;
 
 void cpufreq_cooling_unregister(struct thermal_cooling_device *cdev)
 {
        struct cpufreq_cooling_device *cpufreq_dev;
+       bool last;
 
        if (!cdev)
                return;
        cpufreq_dev = cdev->devdata;
 
        mutex_lock(&cooling_list_lock);
+       list_del(&cpufreq_dev->node);
        /* Unregister the notifier for the last cpufreq cooling device */
-       if (!--cpufreq_dev_count)
+       last = list_empty(&cpufreq_dev_list);
+       mutex_unlock(&cooling_list_lock);
+
+       if (last)
                cpufreq_unregister_notifier(&thermal_cpufreq_notifier_block,
                                            CPUFREQ_POLICY_NOTIFIER);
 
-       list_del(&cpufreq_dev->node);
-       mutex_unlock(&cooling_list_lock);
-
        thermal_cooling_device_unregister(cpufreq_dev->cool_dev);
        ida_simple_remove(&cpufreq_ida, cpufreq_dev->id);
        kfree(cpufreq_dev->dyn_power_table);