diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-tegra/cpu-tegra.c b/arch/arm/mach-tegra/cpu-tegra.c
index a74d3c7d2e26..85d4a23bba03 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-tegra/cpu-tegra.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-tegra/cpu-tegra.c
@@ -214,24 +214,6 @@ static int tegra_cpu_init(struct cpufreq_policy *policy)
 	if (policy->cpu >= NUM_CPUS)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	cpu_clk = clk_get_sys(NULL, "cpu");
-	if (IS_ERR(cpu_clk))
-		return PTR_ERR(cpu_clk);
-
-	pll_x_clk = clk_get_sys(NULL, "pll_x");
-	if (IS_ERR(pll_x_clk))
-		return PTR_ERR(pll_x_clk);
-
-	pll_p_clk = clk_get_sys(NULL, "pll_p");
-	if (IS_ERR(pll_p_clk))
-		return PTR_ERR(pll_p_clk);
-
-	emc_clk = clk_get_sys("cpu", "emc");
-	if (IS_ERR(emc_clk)) {
-		clk_put(cpu_clk);
-		return PTR_ERR(emc_clk);
-	}
-
 	clk_prepare_enable(emc_clk);
 	clk_prepare_enable(cpu_clk);
 
@@ -256,8 +238,6 @@ static int tegra_cpu_exit(struct cpufreq_policy *policy)
 {
 	cpufreq_frequency_table_cpuinfo(policy, freq_table);
 	clk_disable_unprepare(emc_clk);
-	clk_put(emc_clk);
-	clk_put(cpu_clk);
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -278,12 +258,32 @@ static struct cpufreq_driver tegra_cpufreq_driver = {
 
 static int __init tegra_cpufreq_init(void)
 {
+	cpu_clk = clk_get_sys(NULL, "cpu");
+	if (IS_ERR(cpu_clk))
+		return PTR_ERR(cpu_clk);
+
+	pll_x_clk = clk_get_sys(NULL, "pll_x");
+	if (IS_ERR(pll_x_clk))
+		return PTR_ERR(pll_x_clk);
+
+	pll_p_clk = clk_get_sys(NULL, "pll_p");
+	if (IS_ERR(pll_p_clk))
+		return PTR_ERR(pll_p_clk);
+
+	emc_clk = clk_get_sys("cpu", "emc");
+	if (IS_ERR(emc_clk)) {
+		clk_put(cpu_clk);
+		return PTR_ERR(emc_clk);
+	}
+
 	return cpufreq_register_driver(&tegra_cpufreq_driver);
 }
 
 static void __exit tegra_cpufreq_exit(void)
 {
         cpufreq_unregister_driver(&tegra_cpufreq_driver);
+	clk_put(emc_clk);
+	clk_put(cpu_clk);
 }