static int cpufreq_add_dev(struct sys_device *sys_dev)
 {
        unsigned int cpu = sys_dev->id;
-       int ret = 0;
+       int ret = 0, found = 0;
        struct cpufreq_policy *policy;
        unsigned long flags;
        unsigned int j;
+#ifdef CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU
+       int sibling;
+#endif
 
        if (cpu_is_offline(cpu))
                return 0;
        INIT_WORK(&policy->update, handle_update);
 
        /* Set governor before ->init, so that driver could check it */
-       policy->governor = CPUFREQ_DEFAULT_GOVERNOR;
+#ifdef CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU
+       for_each_online_cpu(sibling) {
+               struct cpufreq_policy *cp = per_cpu(cpufreq_cpu_data, sibling);
+               if (cp && cp->governor &&
+                   (cpumask_test_cpu(cpu, cp->related_cpus))) {
+                       policy->governor = cp->governor;
+                       found = 1;
+                       break;
+               }
+       }
+#endif
+       if (!found)
+               policy->governor = CPUFREQ_DEFAULT_GOVERNOR;
        /* call driver. From then on the cpufreq must be able
         * to accept all calls to ->verify and ->setpolicy for this CPU
         */
 
 void cpufreq_unregister_governor(struct cpufreq_governor *governor)
 {
+#ifdef CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU
+       int cpu;
+#endif
+
        if (!governor)
                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);
        mutex_unlock(&cpufreq_governor_mutex);