diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
index 28e59a48b35fdb993b28f621bdb0b065c0057e73..8ae655c364f48aeeeec7e4717aab6e6bfe2d9f95 100644
--- a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
+++ b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
@@ -1698,15 +1698,18 @@ void cpufreq_resume(void)
 		    || __cpufreq_governor(policy, CPUFREQ_GOV_LIMITS))
 			pr_err("%s: Failed to start governor for policy: %p\n",
 				__func__, policy);
-
-		/*
-		 * schedule call cpufreq_update_policy() for boot CPU, i.e. last
-		 * policy in list. It will verify that the current freq is in
-		 * sync with what we believe it to be.
-		 */
-		if (list_is_last(&policy->policy_list, &cpufreq_policy_list))
-			schedule_work(&policy->update);
 	}
+
+	/*
+	 * schedule call cpufreq_update_policy() for first-online CPU, as that
+	 * wouldn't be hotplugged-out on suspend. It will verify that the
+	 * current freq is in sync with what we believe it to be.
+	 */
+	policy = cpufreq_cpu_get_raw(cpumask_first(cpu_online_mask));
+	if (WARN_ON(!policy))
+		return;
+
+	schedule_work(&policy->update);
 }
 
 /**