DEFINE_MUTEX(cpufreq_governor_lock);
 static LIST_HEAD(cpufreq_policy_list);
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU
 /* This one keeps track of the previously set governor of a removed CPU */
 static DEFINE_PER_CPU(char[CPUFREQ_NAME_LEN], cpufreq_cpu_governor);
-#endif
 
 static inline bool has_target(void)
 {
 
 static void cpufreq_init_policy(struct cpufreq_policy *policy)
 {
+       struct cpufreq_governor *gov = NULL;
        struct cpufreq_policy new_policy;
        int ret = 0;
 
        memcpy(&new_policy, policy, sizeof(*policy));
 
+       /* Update governor of new_policy to the governor used before hotplug */
+       gov = __find_governor(per_cpu(cpufreq_cpu_governor, policy->cpu));
+       if (gov)
+               pr_debug("Restoring governor %s for cpu %d\n",
+                               policy->governor->name, policy->cpu);
+       else
+               gov = CPUFREQ_DEFAULT_GOVERNOR;
+
+       new_policy.governor = gov;
+
        /* Use the default policy if its valid. */
        if (cpufreq_driver->setpolicy)
-               cpufreq_parse_governor(policy->governor->name,
-                                       &new_policy.policy, NULL);
-
-       /* assure that the starting sequence is run in cpufreq_set_policy */
-       policy->governor = NULL;
+               cpufreq_parse_governor(gov->name, &new_policy.policy, NULL);
 
        /* set default policy */
        ret = cpufreq_set_policy(policy, &new_policy);
 
        read_unlock_irqrestore(&cpufreq_driver_lock, flags);
 
+       policy->governor = NULL;
+
        return policy;
 }
 
        unsigned long flags;
 #ifdef CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU
        struct cpufreq_policy *tpolicy;
-       struct cpufreq_governor *gov;
 #endif
 
        if (cpu_is_offline(cpu))
        else
                policy->cpu = cpu;
 
-       policy->governor = CPUFREQ_DEFAULT_GOVERNOR;
        cpumask_copy(policy->cpus, cpumask_of(cpu));
 
        init_completion(&policy->kobj_unregister);
        blocking_notifier_call_chain(&cpufreq_policy_notifier_list,
                                     CPUFREQ_START, policy);
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU
-       gov = __find_governor(per_cpu(cpufreq_cpu_governor, cpu));
-       if (gov) {
-               policy->governor = gov;
-               pr_debug("Restoring governor %s for cpu %d\n",
-                      policy->governor->name, cpu);
-       }
-#endif
-
        if (!frozen) {
                ret = cpufreq_add_dev_interface(policy, dev);
                if (ret)
                }
        }
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU
        if (!cpufreq_driver->setpolicy)
                strncpy(per_cpu(cpufreq_cpu_governor, cpu),
                        policy->governor->name, CPUFREQ_NAME_LEN);
-#endif
 
        down_read(&policy->rwsem);
        cpus = cpumask_weight(policy->cpus);
 
 void cpufreq_unregister_governor(struct cpufreq_governor *governor)
 {
-#ifdef CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU
        int cpu;
-#endif
 
        if (!governor)
                return;
        if (cpufreq_disabled())
                return;
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU
        for_each_present_cpu(cpu) {
                if (cpu_online(cpu))
                        continue;
                if (!strcmp(per_cpu(cpufreq_cpu_governor, cpu), governor->name))
                        strcpy(per_cpu(cpufreq_cpu_governor, cpu), "\0");
        }
-#endif
 
        mutex_lock(&cpufreq_governor_mutex);
        list_del(&governor->governor_list);