diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/p4-clockmod.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/p4-clockmod.c
index b585e04cbc9e493055f05160d0db14e58827e139..3178c3acd97ebb4aa515d19da8a7f75b1178b08a 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/p4-clockmod.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/p4-clockmod.c
@@ -277,7 +277,6 @@ static struct cpufreq_driver p4clockmod_driver = {
 	.name		= "p4-clockmod",
 	.owner		= THIS_MODULE,
 	.attr		= p4clockmod_attr,
-	.hide_interface	= 1,
 };
 
 
diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
index b55cb67435bd4280373c897baf83805e50d008e8..d6daf3c507d3491b0e78a75f2366820114027f03 100644
--- a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
+++ b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
@@ -754,11 +754,6 @@ static struct kobj_type ktype_cpufreq = {
 	.release	= cpufreq_sysfs_release,
 };
 
-static struct kobj_type ktype_empty_cpufreq = {
-	.sysfs_ops	= &sysfs_ops,
-	.release	= cpufreq_sysfs_release,
-};
-
 
 /**
  * cpufreq_add_dev - add a CPU device
@@ -892,36 +887,26 @@ static int cpufreq_add_dev(struct sys_device *sys_dev)
 	memcpy(&new_policy, policy, sizeof(struct cpufreq_policy));
 
 	/* prepare interface data */
-	if (!cpufreq_driver->hide_interface) {
-		ret = kobject_init_and_add(&policy->kobj, &ktype_cpufreq,
-					   &sys_dev->kobj, "cpufreq");
+	ret = kobject_init_and_add(&policy->kobj, &ktype_cpufreq, &sys_dev->kobj,
+				   "cpufreq");
+	if (ret)
+		goto err_out_driver_exit;
+
+	/* set up files for this cpu device */
+	drv_attr = cpufreq_driver->attr;
+	while ((drv_attr) && (*drv_attr)) {
+		ret = sysfs_create_file(&policy->kobj, &((*drv_attr)->attr));
 		if (ret)
 			goto err_out_driver_exit;
-
-		/* set up files for this cpu device */
-		drv_attr = cpufreq_driver->attr;
-		while ((drv_attr) && (*drv_attr)) {
-			ret = sysfs_create_file(&policy->kobj,
-						&((*drv_attr)->attr));
-			if (ret)
-				goto err_out_driver_exit;
-			drv_attr++;
-		}
-		if (cpufreq_driver->get) {
-			ret = sysfs_create_file(&policy->kobj,
-						&cpuinfo_cur_freq.attr);
-			if (ret)
-				goto err_out_driver_exit;
-		}
-		if (cpufreq_driver->target) {
-			ret = sysfs_create_file(&policy->kobj,
-						&scaling_cur_freq.attr);
-			if (ret)
-				goto err_out_driver_exit;
-		}
-	} else {
-		ret = kobject_init_and_add(&policy->kobj, &ktype_empty_cpufreq,
-					   &sys_dev->kobj, "cpufreq");
+		drv_attr++;
+	}
+	if (cpufreq_driver->get) {
+		ret = sysfs_create_file(&policy->kobj, &cpuinfo_cur_freq.attr);
+		if (ret)
+			goto err_out_driver_exit;
+	}
+	if (cpufreq_driver->target) {
+		ret = sysfs_create_file(&policy->kobj, &scaling_cur_freq.attr);
 		if (ret)
 			goto err_out_driver_exit;
 	}
diff --git a/include/linux/cpufreq.h b/include/linux/cpufreq.h
index 384b38d3e8e26d5c698c581e7dde4950171721cb..161042746afcf0f3fdf67201b8007deaa54d0a61 100644
--- a/include/linux/cpufreq.h
+++ b/include/linux/cpufreq.h
@@ -234,7 +234,6 @@ struct cpufreq_driver {
 	int	(*suspend)	(struct cpufreq_policy *policy, pm_message_t pmsg);
 	int	(*resume)	(struct cpufreq_policy *policy);
 	struct freq_attr	**attr;
-	bool			hide_interface;
 };
 
 /* flags */