diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/qcom-cpufreq-hw.c b/drivers/cpufreq/qcom-cpufreq-hw.c
index f5235a8eaa76..98f9456f8697 100644
--- a/drivers/cpufreq/qcom-cpufreq-hw.c
+++ b/drivers/cpufreq/qcom-cpufreq-hw.c
@@ -343,6 +343,8 @@ static int qcom_cpufreq_hw_cpu_init(struct cpufreq_policy *policy)
 		c->is_irq_requested = true;
 		writel_relaxed(0x0, c->base + offsets[REG_INTR_CLR]);
 		c->is_irq_enabled = true;
+
+		sysfs_attr_init(&c->freq_limit_attr.attr);
 		c->freq_limit_attr.attr.name = "dcvsh_freq_limit";
 		c->freq_limit_attr.show = dcvsh_freq_limit_show;
 		c->freq_limit_attr.attr.mode = 0444;