diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq-nforce2.c b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq-nforce2.c
index b83d45f6857495083163e13336027ef4449b5da2..56c964c16a66cd25b8fbdcd5f483f6d33c019def 100644
--- a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq-nforce2.c
+++ b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq-nforce2.c
@@ -303,9 +303,7 @@ static int nforce2_verify(struct cpufreq_policy *policy)
 	if (policy->min < (fsb_pol_max * fid * 100))
 		policy->max = (fsb_pol_max + 1) * fid * 100;
 
-	cpufreq_verify_within_limits(policy,
-				     policy->cpuinfo.min_freq,
-				     policy->cpuinfo.max_freq);
+	cpufreq_verify_within_cpu_limits(policy);
 	return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/davinci-cpufreq.c b/drivers/cpufreq/davinci-cpufreq.c
index f67196e21fc952cc27bf627b45698e0b3d7ecd1d..ba03e6f91d47e3b54a62598a444d52a89def38c4 100644
--- a/drivers/cpufreq/davinci-cpufreq.c
+++ b/drivers/cpufreq/davinci-cpufreq.c
@@ -50,9 +50,7 @@ static int davinci_verify_speed(struct cpufreq_policy *policy)
 	if (policy->cpu)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	cpufreq_verify_within_limits(policy, policy->cpuinfo.min_freq,
-				     policy->cpuinfo.max_freq);
-
+	cpufreq_verify_within_cpu_limits(policy);
 	policy->min = clk_round_rate(armclk, policy->min * 1000) / 1000;
 	policy->max = clk_round_rate(armclk, policy->max * 1000) / 1000;
 	cpufreq_verify_within_limits(policy, policy->cpuinfo.min_freq,
diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/freq_table.c b/drivers/cpufreq/freq_table.c
index 10f3cfb6b5134b8bce34cbc5743f6c5bc1c7ec44..b9336edb9bd6e68d82f59f349654c219222b0876 100644
--- a/drivers/cpufreq/freq_table.c
+++ b/drivers/cpufreq/freq_table.c
@@ -60,8 +60,7 @@ int cpufreq_frequency_table_verify(struct cpufreq_policy *policy,
 	pr_debug("request for verification of policy (%u - %u kHz) for cpu %u\n",
 					policy->min, policy->max, policy->cpu);
 
-	cpufreq_verify_within_limits(policy, policy->cpuinfo.min_freq,
-				     policy->cpuinfo.max_freq);
+	cpufreq_verify_within_cpu_limits(policy);
 
 	for (; freq = table[i].frequency, freq != CPUFREQ_TABLE_END; i++) {
 		if (freq == CPUFREQ_ENTRY_INVALID)
@@ -77,8 +76,7 @@ int cpufreq_frequency_table_verify(struct cpufreq_policy *policy,
 
 	if (!found) {
 		policy->max = next_larger;
-		cpufreq_verify_within_limits(policy, policy->cpuinfo.min_freq,
-				policy->cpuinfo.max_freq);
+		cpufreq_verify_within_cpu_limits(policy);
 	}
 
 	pr_debug("verification lead to (%u - %u kHz) for cpu %u\n",
diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/integrator-cpufreq.c b/drivers/cpufreq/integrator-cpufreq.c
index f7c99df0880b4d396fee72860b904b5764f943f3..8152a9bb7e2ca986f132c244a6e3119769e94be6 100644
--- a/drivers/cpufreq/integrator-cpufreq.c
+++ b/drivers/cpufreq/integrator-cpufreq.c
@@ -59,9 +59,7 @@ static int integrator_verify_policy(struct cpufreq_policy *policy)
 {
 	struct icst_vco vco;
 
-	cpufreq_verify_within_limits(policy, 
-				     policy->cpuinfo.min_freq, 
-				     policy->cpuinfo.max_freq);
+	cpufreq_verify_within_cpu_limits(policy);
 
 	vco = icst_hz_to_vco(&cclk_params, policy->max * 1000);
 	policy->max = icst_hz(&cclk_params, vco) / 1000;
@@ -69,10 +67,7 @@ static int integrator_verify_policy(struct cpufreq_policy *policy)
 	vco = icst_hz_to_vco(&cclk_params, policy->min * 1000);
 	policy->min = icst_hz(&cclk_params, vco) / 1000;
 
-	cpufreq_verify_within_limits(policy, 
-				     policy->cpuinfo.min_freq, 
-				     policy->cpuinfo.max_freq);
-
+	cpufreq_verify_within_cpu_limits(policy);
 	return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/intel_pstate.c b/drivers/cpufreq/intel_pstate.c
index 9733f29ed148f840a35171df38e32cbd1ce7bca8..a02bd77cbfe8afa8d61fcde5f008710e028b65f6 100644
--- a/drivers/cpufreq/intel_pstate.c
+++ b/drivers/cpufreq/intel_pstate.c
@@ -611,9 +611,7 @@ static int intel_pstate_set_policy(struct cpufreq_policy *policy)
 
 static int intel_pstate_verify_policy(struct cpufreq_policy *policy)
 {
-	cpufreq_verify_within_limits(policy,
-				policy->cpuinfo.min_freq,
-				policy->cpuinfo.max_freq);
+	cpufreq_verify_within_cpu_limits(policy);
 
 	if ((policy->policy != CPUFREQ_POLICY_POWERSAVE) &&
 		(policy->policy != CPUFREQ_POLICY_PERFORMANCE))
diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/longrun.c b/drivers/cpufreq/longrun.c
index 5aa031612d5393ff08d196f83b8701ac8c8f5e12..074971b12635af04b7214f510c70e7e8c37ebcbf 100644
--- a/drivers/cpufreq/longrun.c
+++ b/drivers/cpufreq/longrun.c
@@ -129,9 +129,7 @@ static int longrun_verify_policy(struct cpufreq_policy *policy)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	policy->cpu = 0;
-	cpufreq_verify_within_limits(policy,
-		policy->cpuinfo.min_freq,
-		policy->cpuinfo.max_freq);
+	cpufreq_verify_within_cpu_limits(policy);
 
 	if ((policy->policy != CPUFREQ_POLICY_POWERSAVE) &&
 	    (policy->policy != CPUFREQ_POLICY_PERFORMANCE))
diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/pcc-cpufreq.c b/drivers/cpufreq/pcc-cpufreq.c
index d81c4e5ea0ada8c49afac790f1107bc5ce8f11e6..78787e965e0b1e1fdb71cca31b058da3704e0e72 100644
--- a/drivers/cpufreq/pcc-cpufreq.c
+++ b/drivers/cpufreq/pcc-cpufreq.c
@@ -111,8 +111,7 @@ static struct pcc_cpu __percpu *pcc_cpu_info;
 
 static int pcc_cpufreq_verify(struct cpufreq_policy *policy)
 {
-	cpufreq_verify_within_limits(policy, policy->cpuinfo.min_freq,
-				     policy->cpuinfo.max_freq);
+	cpufreq_verify_within_cpu_limits(policy);
 	return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/sh-cpufreq.c b/drivers/cpufreq/sh-cpufreq.c
index 1362e8894ee18a6f1ad18433c69dc3e220ed3967..f1fb944d714c2aa078b96e56f15ae423e255886a 100644
--- a/drivers/cpufreq/sh-cpufreq.c
+++ b/drivers/cpufreq/sh-cpufreq.c
@@ -87,15 +87,12 @@ static int sh_cpufreq_verify(struct cpufreq_policy *policy)
 	if (freq_table)
 		return cpufreq_frequency_table_verify(policy, freq_table);
 
-	cpufreq_verify_within_limits(policy, policy->cpuinfo.min_freq,
-				     policy->cpuinfo.max_freq);
+	cpufreq_verify_within_cpu_limits(policy);
 
 	policy->min = (clk_round_rate(cpuclk, 1) + 500) / 1000;
 	policy->max = (clk_round_rate(cpuclk, ~0UL) + 500) / 1000;
 
-	cpufreq_verify_within_limits(policy, policy->cpuinfo.min_freq,
-				     policy->cpuinfo.max_freq);
-
+	cpufreq_verify_within_cpu_limits(policy);
 	return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/unicore2-cpufreq.c b/drivers/cpufreq/unicore2-cpufreq.c
index b225f04d8ae5c55bcfee26f644812d3d1100cc04..14e6d3106355e81fea72b82d567b9ae9af78f49b 100644
--- a/drivers/cpufreq/unicore2-cpufreq.c
+++ b/drivers/cpufreq/unicore2-cpufreq.c
@@ -29,9 +29,7 @@ static int ucv2_verify_speed(struct cpufreq_policy *policy)
 	if (policy->cpu)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	cpufreq_verify_within_limits(policy,
-			policy->cpuinfo.min_freq, policy->cpuinfo.max_freq);
-
+	cpufreq_verify_within_cpu_limits(policy);
 	return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/include/linux/cpufreq.h b/include/linux/cpufreq.h
index 24b84f7e7f8dfadbe05b21a52cfb27afa0e6479f..c7495915932d55051a670262dc2f4959dac30247 100644
--- a/include/linux/cpufreq.h
+++ b/include/linux/cpufreq.h
@@ -242,6 +242,13 @@ static inline void cpufreq_verify_within_limits(struct cpufreq_policy *policy,
 	return;
 }
 
+static inline void
+cpufreq_verify_within_cpu_limits(struct cpufreq_policy *policy)
+{
+	cpufreq_verify_within_limits(policy, policy->cpuinfo.min_freq,
+			policy->cpuinfo.max_freq);
+}
+
 /*********************************************************************
  *                     CPUFREQ NOTIFIER INTERFACE                    *
  *********************************************************************/