return NULL;
 }
 
-static void cpufreq_policy_put_kobj(struct cpufreq_policy *policy, bool notify)
+static void cpufreq_policy_put_kobj(struct cpufreq_policy *policy)
 {
        struct kobject *kobj;
        struct completion *cmp;
 
-       if (notify)
-               blocking_notifier_call_chain(&cpufreq_policy_notifier_list,
-                                            CPUFREQ_REMOVE_POLICY, policy);
-
        down_write(&policy->rwsem);
        cpufreq_stats_free_table(policy);
        kobj = &policy->kobj;
        pr_debug("wait complete\n");
 }
 
-static void cpufreq_policy_free(struct cpufreq_policy *policy, bool notify)
+static void cpufreq_policy_free(struct cpufreq_policy *policy)
 {
        unsigned long flags;
        int cpu;
                per_cpu(cpufreq_cpu_data, cpu) = NULL;
        write_unlock_irqrestore(&cpufreq_driver_lock, flags);
 
-       cpufreq_policy_put_kobj(policy, notify);
+       cpufreq_policy_put_kobj(policy);
        free_cpumask_var(policy->real_cpus);
        free_cpumask_var(policy->related_cpus);
        free_cpumask_var(policy->cpus);
                        goto out_exit_policy;
 
                cpufreq_stats_create_table(policy);
-               blocking_notifier_call_chain(&cpufreq_policy_notifier_list,
-                               CPUFREQ_CREATE_POLICY, policy);
 
                write_lock_irqsave(&cpufreq_driver_lock, flags);
                list_add(&policy->policy_list, &cpufreq_policy_list);
        if (cpufreq_driver->exit)
                cpufreq_driver->exit(policy);
 out_free_policy:
-       cpufreq_policy_free(policy, !new_policy);
+       cpufreq_policy_free(policy);
        return ret;
 }
 
        remove_cpu_dev_symlink(policy, dev);
 
        if (cpumask_empty(policy->real_cpus))
-               cpufreq_policy_free(policy, true);
+               cpufreq_policy_free(policy);
 }
 
 /**