#ifdef CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU
 static int cpufreq_add_policy_cpu(struct cpufreq_policy *policy,
-                                 unsigned int cpu, struct device *dev,
-                                 bool frozen)
+                                 unsigned int cpu, struct device *dev)
 {
        int ret = 0;
        unsigned long flags;
                }
        }
 
-       /* Don't touch sysfs links during light-weight init */
-       if (!frozen)
-               ret = sysfs_create_link(&dev->kobj, &policy->kobj, "cpufreq");
-
-       return ret;
+       return sysfs_create_link(&dev->kobj, &policy->kobj, "cpufreq");
 }
 #endif
 
        return NULL;
 }
 
+static void cpufreq_policy_put_kobj(struct cpufreq_policy *policy)
+{
+       struct kobject *kobj;
+       struct completion *cmp;
+
+       down_read(&policy->rwsem);
+       kobj = &policy->kobj;
+       cmp = &policy->kobj_unregister;
+       up_read(&policy->rwsem);
+       kobject_put(kobj);
+
+       /*
+        * We need to make sure that the underlying kobj is
+        * actually not referenced anymore by anybody before we
+        * proceed with unloading.
+        */
+       pr_debug("waiting for dropping of refcount\n");
+       wait_for_completion(cmp);
+       pr_debug("wait complete\n");
+}
+
 static void cpufreq_policy_free(struct cpufreq_policy *policy)
 {
        free_cpumask_var(policy->related_cpus);
        list_for_each_entry(tpolicy, &cpufreq_policy_list, policy_list) {
                if (cpumask_test_cpu(cpu, tpolicy->related_cpus)) {
                        read_unlock_irqrestore(&cpufreq_driver_lock, flags);
-                       ret = cpufreq_add_policy_cpu(tpolicy, cpu, dev, frozen);
+                       ret = cpufreq_add_policy_cpu(tpolicy, cpu, dev);
                        up_read(&cpufreq_rwsem);
                        return ret;
                }
        if (cpufreq_driver->exit)
                cpufreq_driver->exit(policy);
 err_set_policy_cpu:
+       if (frozen)
+               cpufreq_policy_put_kobj(policy);
        cpufreq_policy_free(policy);
+
 nomem_out:
        up_read(&cpufreq_rwsem);
 
 }
 
 static int cpufreq_nominate_new_policy_cpu(struct cpufreq_policy *policy,
-                                          unsigned int old_cpu, bool frozen)
+                                          unsigned int old_cpu)
 {
        struct device *cpu_dev;
        int ret;
        /* first sibling now owns the new sysfs dir */
        cpu_dev = get_cpu_device(cpumask_any_but(policy->cpus, old_cpu));
 
-       /* Don't touch sysfs files during light-weight tear-down */
-       if (frozen)
-               return cpu_dev->id;
-
        sysfs_remove_link(&cpu_dev->kobj, "cpufreq");
        ret = kobject_move(&policy->kobj, &cpu_dev->kobj);
        if (ret) {
                if (!frozen)
                        sysfs_remove_link(&dev->kobj, "cpufreq");
        } else if (cpus > 1) {
-               new_cpu = cpufreq_nominate_new_policy_cpu(policy, cpu, frozen);
+               new_cpu = cpufreq_nominate_new_policy_cpu(policy, cpu);
                if (new_cpu >= 0) {
                        update_policy_cpu(policy, new_cpu);
 
        int ret;
        unsigned long flags;
        struct cpufreq_policy *policy;
-       struct kobject *kobj;
-       struct completion *cmp;
 
        read_lock_irqsave(&cpufreq_driver_lock, flags);
        policy = per_cpu(cpufreq_cpu_data, cpu);
                        }
                }
 
-               if (!frozen) {
-                       down_read(&policy->rwsem);
-                       kobj = &policy->kobj;
-                       cmp = &policy->kobj_unregister;
-                       up_read(&policy->rwsem);
-                       kobject_put(kobj);
-
-                       /*
-                        * We need to make sure that the underlying kobj is
-                        * actually not referenced anymore by anybody before we
-                        * proceed with unloading.
-                        */
-                       pr_debug("waiting for dropping of refcount\n");
-                       wait_for_completion(cmp);
-                       pr_debug("wait complete\n");
-               }
+               if (!frozen)
+                       cpufreq_policy_put_kobj(policy);
 
                /*
                 * Perform the ->exit() even during light-weight tear-down,