Index: linux-pm/include/linux/cpufreq.h
===================================================================
--- linux-pm.orig/include/linux/cpufreq.h
+++ linux-pm/include/linux/cpufreq.h
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ struct cpufreq_policy {
 	/* CPUs sharing clock, require sw coordination */
 	cpumask_var_t		cpus;	/* Online CPUs only */
 	cpumask_var_t		related_cpus; /* Online + Offline CPUs */
+	cpumask_var_t		real_cpus; /* Related and present */
 
 	unsigned int		shared_type; /* ACPI: ANY or ALL affected CPUs
 						should set cpufreq */
Index: linux-pm/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
===================================================================
--- linux-pm.orig/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
+++ linux-pm/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
@@ -1002,7 +1002,7 @@ static int cpufreq_add_dev_symlink(struc
 	int ret = 0;
 
 	/* Some related CPUs might not be present (physically hotplugged) */
-	for_each_cpu_and(j, policy->related_cpus, cpu_present_mask) {
+	for_each_cpu(j, policy->real_cpus) {
 		if (j == policy->kobj_cpu)
 			continue;
 
@@ -1019,7 +1019,7 @@ static void cpufreq_remove_dev_symlink(s
 	unsigned int j;
 
 	/* Some related CPUs might not be present (physically hotplugged) */
-	for_each_cpu_and(j, policy->related_cpus, cpu_present_mask) {
+	for_each_cpu(j, policy->real_cpus) {
 		if (j == policy->kobj_cpu)
 			continue;
 
@@ -1163,11 +1163,14 @@ static struct cpufreq_policy *cpufreq_po
 	if (!zalloc_cpumask_var(&policy->related_cpus, GFP_KERNEL))
 		goto err_free_cpumask;
 
+	if (!zalloc_cpumask_var(&policy->real_cpus, GFP_KERNEL))
+		goto err_free_rcpumask;
+
 	ret = kobject_init_and_add(&policy->kobj, &ktype_cpufreq, &dev->kobj,
 				   "cpufreq");
 	if (ret) {
 		pr_err("%s: failed to init policy->kobj: %d\n", __func__, ret);
-		goto err_free_rcpumask;
+		goto err_free_real_cpus;
 	}
 
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&policy->policy_list);
@@ -1184,6 +1187,8 @@ static struct cpufreq_policy *cpufreq_po
 
 	return policy;
 
+err_free_real_cpus:
+	free_cpumask_var(policy->real_cpus);
 err_free_rcpumask:
 	free_cpumask_var(policy->related_cpus);
 err_free_cpumask:
@@ -1234,6 +1239,7 @@ static void cpufreq_policy_free(struct c
 	write_unlock_irqrestore(&cpufreq_driver_lock, flags);
 
 	cpufreq_policy_put_kobj(policy, notify);
+	free_cpumask_var(policy->real_cpus);
 	free_cpumask_var(policy->related_cpus);
 	free_cpumask_var(policy->cpus);
 	kfree(policy);
@@ -1258,14 +1264,17 @@ static int cpufreq_add_dev(struct device
 
 	pr_debug("adding CPU %u\n", cpu);
 
-	/*
-	 * Only possible if 'cpu' wasn't physically present earlier and we are
-	 * here from subsys_interface add callback. A hotplug notifier will
-	 * follow and we will handle it like logical CPU hotplug then. For now,
-	 * just create the sysfs link.
-	 */
-	if (cpu_is_offline(cpu))
-		return add_cpu_dev_symlink(per_cpu(cpufreq_cpu_data, cpu), cpu);
+	if (cpu_is_offline(cpu)) {
+		/*
+		 * Only possible if we are here from the subsys_interface add
+		 * callback.  A hotplug notifier will follow and we will handle
+		 * it as logical CPU hotplug then.  For now, just create the
+		 * sysfs link, unless there is no policy.
+		 */
+		policy = per_cpu(cpufreq_cpu_data, cpu);
+		return policy && !cpumask_test_and_set_cpu(cpu, policy->real_cpus)
+			? add_cpu_dev_symlink(policy, cpu) : 0;
+	}
 
 	if (!down_read_trylock(&cpufreq_rwsem))
 		return 0;
@@ -1307,6 +1316,9 @@ static int cpufreq_add_dev(struct device
 	/* related cpus should atleast have policy->cpus */
 	cpumask_or(policy->related_cpus, policy->related_cpus, policy->cpus);
 
+	cpumask_and(policy->cpus, policy->cpus, cpu_present_mask);
+	cpumask_or(policy->real_cpus, policy->real_cpus, policy->cpus);
+
 	/*
 	 * affected cpus must always be the one, which are online. We aren't
 	 * managing offline cpus here.
@@ -1437,10 +1449,8 @@ static int __cpufreq_remove_dev_prepare(
 
 	if (has_target()) {
 		ret = __cpufreq_governor(policy, CPUFREQ_GOV_STOP);
-		if (ret) {
+		if (ret)
 			pr_err("%s: Failed to stop governor\n", __func__);
-			return ret;
-		}
 	}
 
 	down_write(&policy->rwsem);
@@ -1492,10 +1502,8 @@ static int __cpufreq_remove_dev_finish(s
 	/* If cpu is last user of policy, free policy */
 	if (has_target()) {
 		ret = __cpufreq_governor(policy, CPUFREQ_GOV_POLICY_EXIT);
-		if (ret) {
+		if (ret)
 			pr_err("%s: Failed to exit governor\n", __func__);
-			return ret;
-		}
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -1521,42 +1529,40 @@ static int __cpufreq_remove_dev_finish(s
 static int cpufreq_remove_dev(struct device *dev, struct subsys_interface *sif)
 {
 	unsigned int cpu = dev->id;
-	int ret;
-
-	/*
-	 * Only possible if 'cpu' is getting physically removed now. A hotplug
-	 * notifier should have already been called and we just need to remove
-	 * link or free policy here.
-	 */
-	if (cpu_is_offline(cpu)) {
-		struct cpufreq_policy *policy = per_cpu(cpufreq_cpu_data, cpu);
-		struct cpumask mask;
+	struct cpufreq_policy *policy = per_cpu(cpufreq_cpu_data, cpu);
 
-		if (!policy)
-			return 0;
+	if (!policy)
+		return 0;
 
-		cpumask_copy(&mask, policy->related_cpus);
-		cpumask_clear_cpu(cpu, &mask);
+	if (cpu_online(cpu)) {
+		__cpufreq_remove_dev_prepare(dev, sif);
+		__cpufreq_remove_dev_finish(dev, sif);
+	}
 
-		/*
-		 * Free policy only if all policy->related_cpus are removed
-		 * physically.
-		 */
-		if (cpumask_intersects(&mask, cpu_present_mask)) {
-			remove_cpu_dev_symlink(policy, cpu);
-			return 0;
-		}
+	cpumask_clear_cpu(cpu, policy->real_cpus);
 
+	if (cpumask_empty(policy->real_cpus)) {
 		cpufreq_policy_free(policy, true);
 		return 0;
 	}
 
-	ret = __cpufreq_remove_dev_prepare(dev, sif);
+	if (cpu != policy->kobj_cpu) {
+		remove_cpu_dev_symlink(policy, cpu);
+	} else {
+		/*
+		 * This is the CPU owning the policy object.  Move it to another
+		 * suitable CPU.
+		 */
+		unsigned int new_cpu = cpumask_first(policy->real_cpus);
+		struct device *new_dev = get_cpu_device(new_cpu);
 
-	if (!ret)
-		ret = __cpufreq_remove_dev_finish(dev, sif);
+		dev_dbg(dev, "%s: Moving policy object to CPU%u\n", __func__, new_cpu);
 
-	return ret;
+		policy->kobj_cpu = new_cpu;
+		WARN_ON(kobject_move(&policy->kobj, &new_dev->kobj));
+	}
+
+	return 0;
 }
 
 static void handle_update(struct work_struct *work)
