cpufreq_driver->exit(data);
        unlock_policy_rwsem_write(cpu);
 
+       cpufreq_debug_enable_ratelimit();
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU
+       /* when the CPU which is the parent of the kobj is hotplugged
+        * offline, check for siblings, and create cpufreq sysfs interface
+        * and symlinks
+        */
+       if (unlikely(cpumask_weight(data->cpus) > 1)) {
+               /* first sibling now owns the new sysfs dir */
+               cpumask_clear_cpu(cpu, data->cpus);
+               cpufreq_add_dev(get_cpu_sysdev(cpumask_first(data->cpus)));
+
+               /* finally remove our own symlink */
+               lock_policy_rwsem_write(cpu);
+               __cpufreq_remove_dev(sys_dev);
+       }
+#endif
+
        free_cpumask_var(data->related_cpus);
        free_cpumask_var(data->cpus);
        kfree(data);
-       per_cpu(cpufreq_cpu_data, cpu) = NULL;
 
-       cpufreq_debug_enable_ratelimit();
        return 0;
 }