diff --git a/kernel/sched/cpufreq_schedutil.c b/kernel/sched/cpufreq_schedutil.c
index c6ba15388ea7..28c77904ea74 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/cpufreq_schedutil.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/cpufreq_schedutil.c
@@ -783,9 +783,8 @@ static int sugov_init(struct cpufreq_policy *policy)
 	if (ret)
 		goto fail;
 
-	sugov_eas_rebuild_sd();
-
 out:
+	sugov_eas_rebuild_sd();
 	mutex_unlock(&global_tunables_lock);
 	return 0;