diff -drupN a/drivers/devfreq/devfreq.c b/drivers/devfreq/devfreq.c
--- a/drivers/devfreq/devfreq.c	2018-08-06 17:23:04.000000000 +0300
+++ b/drivers/devfreq/devfreq.c	2022-06-12 05:28:14.000000000 +0300
@@ -594,23 +594,17 @@ struct devfreq *devfreq_add_device(struc
 	list_add(&devfreq->node, &devfreq_list);
 
 	governor = find_devfreq_governor(devfreq->governor_name);
-	if (IS_ERR(governor)) {
-		dev_err(dev, "%s: Unable to find governor for the device\n",
-			__func__);
-		err = PTR_ERR(governor);
-		goto err_init;
-	}
-
-	devfreq->governor = governor;
-	err = devfreq->governor->event_handler(devfreq, DEVFREQ_GOV_START,
-						NULL);
+	if (!IS_ERR(governor))
+		devfreq->governor = governor;
+	if (devfreq->governor)
+		err = devfreq->governor->event_handler(devfreq,
+					DEVFREQ_GOV_START, NULL);
+	mutex_unlock(&devfreq_list_lock);
 	if (err) {
 		dev_err(dev, "%s: Unable to start governor for the device\n",
 			__func__);
 		goto err_init;
 	}
-	mutex_unlock(&devfreq_list_lock);
-
 	return devfreq;
 
 err_init: