diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/Kconfig b/drivers/cpufreq/Kconfig
index 534fcb8251538a31d2695313b1d565990f8d51d4..2d06754f4a04307c5487ada7b52a090e7100a0fe 100644
--- a/drivers/cpufreq/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/cpufreq/Kconfig
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ menu "CPU Frequency scaling"
 
 config CPU_FREQ
 	bool "CPU Frequency scaling"
+	select CPU_FREQ_TABLE
 	help
 	  CPU Frequency scaling allows you to change the clock speed of 
 	  CPUs on the fly. This is a nice method to save power, because 
diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
index f033adf06eaf8060b4aab2c4fe6c70dea161029c..985f325adc4f0dac90471e3ac095f3561f725e4f 100644
--- a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
+++ b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
@@ -181,6 +181,37 @@ u64 get_cpu_idle_time(unsigned int cpu, u64 *wall, int io_busy)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(get_cpu_idle_time);
 
+/*
+ * This is a generic cpufreq init() routine which can be used by cpufreq
+ * drivers of SMP systems. It will do following:
+ * - validate & show freq table passed
+ * - set policies transition latency
+ * - policy->cpus with all possible CPUs
+ */
+int cpufreq_generic_init(struct cpufreq_policy *policy,
+		struct cpufreq_frequency_table *table,
+		unsigned int transition_latency)
+{
+	int ret;
+
+	ret = cpufreq_table_validate_and_show(policy, table);
+	if (ret) {
+		pr_err("%s: invalid frequency table: %d\n", __func__, ret);
+		return ret;
+	}
+
+	policy->cpuinfo.transition_latency = transition_latency;
+
+	/*
+	 * The driver only supports the SMP configuartion where all processors
+	 * share the clock and voltage and clock.
+	 */
+	cpumask_setall(policy->cpus);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(cpufreq_generic_init);
+
 struct cpufreq_policy *cpufreq_cpu_get(unsigned int cpu)
 {
 	struct cpufreq_policy *policy = NULL;
diff --git a/include/linux/cpufreq.h b/include/linux/cpufreq.h
index 36ccd0bf1304f466e7b9eb2f8852dfaeab395520..0aba2a6cadafcb9e73a42dd04b74a5c1d433ad36 100644
--- a/include/linux/cpufreq.h
+++ b/include/linux/cpufreq.h
@@ -424,6 +424,9 @@ void cpufreq_frequency_table_put_attr(unsigned int cpu);
 int cpufreq_table_validate_and_show(struct cpufreq_policy *policy,
 				      struct cpufreq_frequency_table *table);
 
+int cpufreq_generic_init(struct cpufreq_policy *policy,
+		struct cpufreq_frequency_table *table,
+		unsigned int transition_latency);
 static inline int cpufreq_generic_exit(struct cpufreq_policy *policy)
 {
 	cpufreq_frequency_table_put_attr(policy->cpu);