}
 #endif
 
+static struct cpufreq_policy *cpufreq_policy_alloc(void)
+{
+       struct cpufreq_policy *policy;
+
+       policy = kzalloc(sizeof(*policy), GFP_KERNEL);
+       if (!policy)
+               return NULL;
+
+       if (!alloc_cpumask_var(&policy->cpus, GFP_KERNEL))
+               goto err_free_policy;
+
+       if (!zalloc_cpumask_var(&policy->related_cpus, GFP_KERNEL))
+               goto err_free_cpumask;
+
+       return policy;
+
+err_free_cpumask:
+       free_cpumask_var(policy->cpus);
+err_free_policy:
+       kfree(policy);
+
+       return NULL;
+}
+
+static void cpufreq_policy_free(struct cpufreq_policy *policy)
+{
+       free_cpumask_var(policy->related_cpus);
+       free_cpumask_var(policy->cpus);
+       kfree(policy);
+}
+
 /**
  * cpufreq_add_dev - add a CPU device
  *
                goto module_out;
        }
 
-       policy = kzalloc(sizeof(struct cpufreq_policy), GFP_KERNEL);
+       policy = cpufreq_policy_alloc();
        if (!policy)
                goto nomem_out;
 
-       if (!alloc_cpumask_var(&policy->cpus, GFP_KERNEL))
-               goto err_free_policy;
-
-       if (!zalloc_cpumask_var(&policy->related_cpus, GFP_KERNEL))
-               goto err_free_cpumask;
-
        policy->cpu = cpu;
        policy->governor = CPUFREQ_DEFAULT_GOVERNOR;
        cpumask_copy(policy->cpus, cpumask_of(cpu));
 
 err_set_policy_cpu:
        per_cpu(cpufreq_policy_cpu, cpu) = -1;
-       free_cpumask_var(policy->related_cpus);
-err_free_cpumask:
-       free_cpumask_var(policy->cpus);
-err_free_policy:
-       kfree(policy);
+       cpufreq_policy_free(policy);
 nomem_out:
        module_put(cpufreq_driver->owner);
 module_out:
                if (cpufreq_driver->exit)
                        cpufreq_driver->exit(data);
 
-               free_cpumask_var(data->related_cpus);
-               free_cpumask_var(data->cpus);
-               kfree(data);
+               cpufreq_policy_free(data);
        } else {
                pr_debug("%s: removing link, cpu: %d\n", __func__, cpu);
                cpufreq_cpu_put(data);