diff --git a/drivers/thermal/devfreq_cooling.c b/drivers/thermal/devfreq_cooling.c
index 597e86d16a4e..1c7dffc8d45f 100644
--- a/drivers/thermal/devfreq_cooling.c
+++ b/drivers/thermal/devfreq_cooling.c
@@ -472,7 +472,8 @@ of_devfreq_cooling_register_power(struct device_node *np, struct devfreq *df,
 remove_qos_req:
 	dev_pm_qos_remove_request(&dfc->req_max_freq);
 free_table:
-	kfree(dfc->freq_table);
+	if (!dfc->em_pd)
+		kfree(dfc->freq_table);
 free_dfc:
 	kfree(dfc);