diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/p4-clockmod.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/p4-clockmod.c
index bd1cac747f671e0487fd95efd41e6521528ca334..52c93648e492f10c8c6da916f7c1cd4dc25f2807 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/p4-clockmod.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/p4-clockmod.c
@@ -158,9 +158,9 @@ static unsigned int cpufreq_p4_get_frequency(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
 {
 	if (c->x86 == 0x06) {
 		if (cpu_has(c, X86_FEATURE_EST))
-			printk(KERN_WARNING PFX "Warning: EST-capable CPU "
-			       "detected. The acpi-cpufreq module offers "
-			       "voltage scaling in addition of frequency "
+			printk_once(KERN_WARNING PFX "Warning: EST-capable "
+			       "CPU detected. The acpi-cpufreq module offers "
+			       "voltage scaling in addition to frequency "
 			       "scaling. You should use that instead of "
 			       "p4-clockmod, if possible.\n");
 		switch (c->x86_model) {
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/powernow-k8.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/powernow-k8.c
index 35c7e65e59be4b27e9242843184dd63af0ee8ed8..c567dec854f69f865bc92105c55cc7066cc06c6e 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/powernow-k8.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/powernow-k8.c
@@ -1537,6 +1537,7 @@ static struct notifier_block cpb_nb = {
 static int __cpuinit powernowk8_init(void)
 {
 	unsigned int i, supported_cpus = 0, cpu;
+	int rv;
 
 	for_each_online_cpu(i) {
 		int rc;
@@ -1555,14 +1556,14 @@ static int __cpuinit powernowk8_init(void)
 
 		cpb_capable = true;
 
-		register_cpu_notifier(&cpb_nb);
-
 		msrs = msrs_alloc();
 		if (!msrs) {
 			printk(KERN_ERR "%s: Error allocating msrs!\n", __func__);
 			return -ENOMEM;
 		}
 
+		register_cpu_notifier(&cpb_nb);
+
 		rdmsr_on_cpus(cpu_online_mask, MSR_K7_HWCR, msrs);
 
 		for_each_cpu(cpu, cpu_online_mask) {
@@ -1574,7 +1575,13 @@ static int __cpuinit powernowk8_init(void)
 			(cpb_enabled ? "on" : "off"));
 	}
 
-	return cpufreq_register_driver(&cpufreq_amd64_driver);
+	rv = cpufreq_register_driver(&cpufreq_amd64_driver);
+	if (rv < 0 && boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_CPB)) {
+		unregister_cpu_notifier(&cpb_nb);
+		msrs_free(msrs);
+		msrs = NULL;
+	}
+	return rv;
 }
 
 /* driver entry point for term */
diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
index 1109f6848a43940b8e8ed738f891f6560f17f7a8..5cb4d09919d67f83d99f8bfb837e64c8a660bb46 100644
--- a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
+++ b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
@@ -1919,8 +1919,10 @@ int cpufreq_register_driver(struct cpufreq_driver *driver_data)
 
 	ret = sysdev_driver_register(&cpu_sysdev_class,
 					&cpufreq_sysdev_driver);
+	if (ret)
+		goto err_null_driver;
 
-	if ((!ret) && !(cpufreq_driver->flags & CPUFREQ_STICKY)) {
+	if (!(cpufreq_driver->flags & CPUFREQ_STICKY)) {
 		int i;
 		ret = -ENODEV;
 
@@ -1935,21 +1937,22 @@ int cpufreq_register_driver(struct cpufreq_driver *driver_data)
 		if (ret) {
 			dprintk("no CPU initialized for driver %s\n",
 							driver_data->name);
-			sysdev_driver_unregister(&cpu_sysdev_class,
-						&cpufreq_sysdev_driver);
-
-			spin_lock_irqsave(&cpufreq_driver_lock, flags);
-			cpufreq_driver = NULL;
-			spin_unlock_irqrestore(&cpufreq_driver_lock, flags);
+			goto err_sysdev_unreg;
 		}
 	}
 
-	if (!ret) {
-		register_hotcpu_notifier(&cpufreq_cpu_notifier);
-		dprintk("driver %s up and running\n", driver_data->name);
-		cpufreq_debug_enable_ratelimit();
-	}
+	register_hotcpu_notifier(&cpufreq_cpu_notifier);
+	dprintk("driver %s up and running\n", driver_data->name);
+	cpufreq_debug_enable_ratelimit();
 
+	return 0;
+err_sysdev_unreg:
+	sysdev_driver_unregister(&cpu_sysdev_class,
+			&cpufreq_sysdev_driver);
+err_null_driver:
+	spin_lock_irqsave(&cpufreq_driver_lock, flags);
+	cpufreq_driver = NULL;
+	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&cpufreq_driver_lock, flags);
 	return ret;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(cpufreq_register_driver);