diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
index 18e58c1bfd666ff58845522d2caf6a5b6ff9ea4c..f7c58c79217d706d13782fdc9a8ace955c5d57b6 100644
--- a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
+++ b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
@@ -835,11 +835,8 @@ static int cpufreq_add_dev_interface(unsigned int cpu,
 				     struct cpufreq_policy *policy,
 				     struct device *dev)
 {
-	struct cpufreq_policy new_policy;
 	struct freq_attr **drv_attr;
-	unsigned long flags;
 	int ret = 0;
-	unsigned int j;
 
 	/* prepare interface data */
 	ret = kobject_init_and_add(&policy->kobj, &ktype_cpufreq,
@@ -871,17 +868,23 @@ static int cpufreq_add_dev_interface(unsigned int cpu,
 			goto err_out_kobj_put;
 	}
 
-	write_lock_irqsave(&cpufreq_driver_lock, flags);
-	for_each_cpu(j, policy->cpus) {
-		per_cpu(cpufreq_cpu_data, j) = policy;
-		per_cpu(cpufreq_policy_cpu, j) = policy->cpu;
-	}
-	write_unlock_irqrestore(&cpufreq_driver_lock, flags);
-
 	ret = cpufreq_add_dev_symlink(cpu, policy);
 	if (ret)
 		goto err_out_kobj_put;
 
+	return ret;
+
+err_out_kobj_put:
+	kobject_put(&policy->kobj);
+	wait_for_completion(&policy->kobj_unregister);
+	return ret;
+}
+
+static void cpufreq_init_policy(struct cpufreq_policy *policy)
+{
+	struct cpufreq_policy new_policy;
+	int ret = 0;
+
 	memcpy(&new_policy, policy, sizeof(struct cpufreq_policy));
 	/* assure that the starting sequence is run in __cpufreq_set_policy */
 	policy->governor = NULL;
@@ -896,12 +899,6 @@ static int cpufreq_add_dev_interface(unsigned int cpu,
 		if (cpufreq_driver->exit)
 			cpufreq_driver->exit(policy);
 	}
-	return ret;
-
-err_out_kobj_put:
-	kobject_put(&policy->kobj);
-	wait_for_completion(&policy->kobj_unregister);
-	return ret;
 }
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU
@@ -1075,10 +1072,19 @@ static int cpufreq_add_dev(struct device *dev, struct subsys_interface *sif)
 	}
 #endif
 
+	write_lock_irqsave(&cpufreq_driver_lock, flags);
+	for_each_cpu(j, policy->cpus) {
+		per_cpu(cpufreq_cpu_data, j) = policy;
+		per_cpu(cpufreq_policy_cpu, j) = policy->cpu;
+	}
+	write_unlock_irqrestore(&cpufreq_driver_lock, flags);
+
 	ret = cpufreq_add_dev_interface(cpu, policy, dev);
 	if (ret)
 		goto err_out_unregister;
 
+	cpufreq_init_policy(policy);
+
 	kobject_uevent(&policy->kobj, KOBJ_ADD);
 	module_put(cpufreq_driver->owner);
 	pr_debug("initialization complete\n");
@@ -1087,8 +1093,11 @@ static int cpufreq_add_dev(struct device *dev, struct subsys_interface *sif)
 
 err_out_unregister:
 	write_lock_irqsave(&cpufreq_driver_lock, flags);
-	for_each_cpu(j, policy->cpus)
+	for_each_cpu(j, policy->cpus) {
 		per_cpu(cpufreq_cpu_data, j) = NULL;
+		if (j != cpu)
+			per_cpu(cpufreq_policy_cpu, j) = -1;
+	}
 	write_unlock_irqrestore(&cpufreq_driver_lock, flags);
 
 	kobject_put(&policy->kobj);