diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
index 1f93dbd723559eb4d92344d0648ea051eef78a84..de9951766dd8beac8d2785383f857f1f348c9078 100644
--- a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
+++ b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
@@ -970,6 +970,13 @@ static int cpufreq_add_dev(struct device *dev, struct subsys_interface *sif)
 		pr_debug("initialization failed\n");
 		goto err_unlock_policy;
 	}
+
+	/*
+	 * affected cpus must always be the one, which are online. We aren't
+	 * managing offline cpus here.
+	 */
+	cpumask_and(policy->cpus, policy->cpus, cpu_online_mask);
+
 	policy->user_policy.min = policy->min;
 	policy->user_policy.max = policy->max;