diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_stats.c b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_stats.c
index 80801f880dd8..d2299ca2fc2c 100644
--- a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_stats.c
+++ b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_stats.c
@@ -192,8 +192,10 @@ static int __cpufreq_stats_create_table(struct cpufreq_policy *policy)
 	if (unlikely(!table))
 		return 0;
 
+	/* stats already initialized */
 	if (per_cpu(cpufreq_stats_table, cpu))
-		return -EBUSY;
+		return -EEXIST;
+
 	stat = kzalloc(sizeof(*stat), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if ((stat) == NULL)
 		return -ENOMEM;