diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
index d474421..1cea7a1 100644
--- a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
+++ b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
@@ -552,8 +552,6 @@
  */
 static ssize_t show_related_cpus(struct cpufreq_policy *policy, char *buf)
 {
-	if (cpumask_empty(policy->related_cpus))
-		return show_cpus(policy->cpus, buf);
 	return show_cpus(policy->related_cpus, buf);
 }
 
@@ -709,92 +707,6 @@
 	.release	= cpufreq_sysfs_release,
 };
 
-/*
- * Returns:
- *   Negative: Failure
- *   0:        Success
- *   Positive: When we have a managed CPU and the sysfs got symlinked
- */
-static int cpufreq_add_dev_policy(unsigned int cpu,
-				  struct cpufreq_policy *policy,
-				  struct device *dev)
-{
-	int ret = 0;
-#ifdef CONFIG_SMP
-	unsigned long flags;
-	unsigned int j;
-#ifdef CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU
-	struct cpufreq_governor *gov;
-
-	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
-
-	for_each_cpu(j, policy->cpus) {
-		struct cpufreq_policy *managed_policy;
-
-		if (cpu == j)
-			continue;
-
-		/* Check for existing affected CPUs.
-		 * They may not be aware of it due to CPU Hotplug.
-		 * cpufreq_cpu_put is called when the device is removed
-		 * in __cpufreq_remove_dev()
-		 */
-		managed_policy = cpufreq_cpu_get(j);
-		if (unlikely(managed_policy)) {
-
-			/* Set proper policy_cpu */
-			unlock_policy_rwsem_write(cpu);
-			per_cpu(cpufreq_policy_cpu, cpu) = managed_policy->cpu;
-
-			if (lock_policy_rwsem_write(cpu) < 0) {
-				/* Should not go through policy unlock path */
-				if (cpufreq_driver->exit)
-					cpufreq_driver->exit(policy);
-				cpufreq_cpu_put(managed_policy);
-				return -EBUSY;
-			}
-
-			__cpufreq_governor(managed_policy, CPUFREQ_GOV_STOP);
-
-			spin_lock_irqsave(&cpufreq_driver_lock, flags);
-			cpumask_copy(managed_policy->cpus, policy->cpus);
-			per_cpu(cpufreq_cpu_data, cpu) = managed_policy;
-			spin_unlock_irqrestore(&cpufreq_driver_lock, flags);
-
-			__cpufreq_governor(managed_policy, CPUFREQ_GOV_START);
-			__cpufreq_governor(managed_policy, CPUFREQ_GOV_LIMITS);
-
-			pr_debug("CPU already managed, adding link\n");
-			ret = sysfs_create_link(&dev->kobj,
-						&managed_policy->kobj,
-						"cpufreq");
-			if (ret)
-				cpufreq_cpu_put(managed_policy);
-			/*
-			 * Success. We only needed to be added to the mask.
-			 * Call driver->exit() because only the cpu parent of
-			 * the kobj needed to call init().
-			 */
-			if (cpufreq_driver->exit)
-				cpufreq_driver->exit(policy);
-
-			if (!ret)
-				return 1;
-			else
-				return ret;
-		}
-	}
-#endif
-	return ret;
-}
-
-
 /* symlink affected CPUs */
 static int cpufreq_add_dev_symlink(unsigned int cpu,
 				   struct cpufreq_policy *policy)
@@ -899,6 +811,42 @@
 	return ret;
 }
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU
+static int cpufreq_add_policy_cpu(unsigned int cpu, unsigned int sibling,
+				  struct device *dev)
+{
+	struct cpufreq_policy *policy;
+	int ret = 0;
+	unsigned long flags;
+
+	policy = cpufreq_cpu_get(sibling);
+	WARN_ON(!policy);
+
+	per_cpu(cpufreq_policy_cpu, cpu) = policy->cpu;
+
+	lock_policy_rwsem_write(cpu);
+
+	__cpufreq_governor(policy, CPUFREQ_GOV_STOP);
+
+	spin_lock_irqsave(&cpufreq_driver_lock, flags);
+	cpumask_set_cpu(cpu, policy->cpus);
+	per_cpu(cpufreq_cpu_data, cpu) = policy;
+	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&cpufreq_driver_lock, flags);
+
+	__cpufreq_governor(policy, CPUFREQ_GOV_START);
+	__cpufreq_governor(policy, CPUFREQ_GOV_LIMITS);
+
+	unlock_policy_rwsem_write(cpu);
+
+	ret = sysfs_create_link(&dev->kobj, &policy->kobj, "cpufreq");
+	if (ret) {
+		cpufreq_cpu_put(policy);
+		return ret;
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+#endif
 
 /**
  * cpufreq_add_dev - add a CPU device
@@ -911,12 +859,12 @@
  */
 static int cpufreq_add_dev(struct device *dev, struct subsys_interface *sif)
 {
-	unsigned int cpu = dev->id;
-	int ret = 0, found = 0;
+	unsigned int j, cpu = dev->id;
+	int ret = -ENOMEM, found = 0;
 	struct cpufreq_policy *policy;
 	unsigned long flags;
-	unsigned int j;
 #ifdef CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU
+	struct cpufreq_governor *gov;
 	int sibling;
 #endif
 
@@ -933,6 +881,15 @@
 		cpufreq_cpu_put(policy);
 		return 0;
 	}
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU
+	/* Check if this cpu was hot-unplugged earlier and has siblings */
+	for_each_online_cpu(sibling) {
+		struct cpufreq_policy *cp = per_cpu(cpufreq_cpu_data, sibling);
+		if (cp && cpumask_test_cpu(cpu, cp->related_cpus))
+			return cpufreq_add_policy_cpu(cpu, sibling, dev);
+	}
+#endif
 #endif
 
 	if (!try_module_get(cpufreq_driver->owner)) {
@@ -940,7 +897,6 @@
 		goto module_out;
 	}
 
-	ret = -ENOMEM;
 	policy = kzalloc(sizeof(struct cpufreq_policy), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!policy)
 		goto nomem_out;
@@ -985,6 +941,9 @@
 		goto err_unlock_policy;
 	}
 
+	/* related cpus should atleast have policy->cpus */
+	cpumask_or(policy->related_cpus, policy->related_cpus, policy->cpus);
+
 	/*
 	 * affected cpus must always be the one, which are online. We aren't
 	 * managing offline cpus here.
@@ -997,14 +956,14 @@
 	blocking_notifier_call_chain(&cpufreq_policy_notifier_list,
 				     CPUFREQ_START, policy);
 
-	ret = cpufreq_add_dev_policy(cpu, policy, dev);
-	if (ret) {
-		if (ret > 0)
-			/* This is a managed cpu, symlink created,
-			   exit with 0 */
-			ret = 0;
-		goto err_unlock_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
 
 	ret = cpufreq_add_dev_interface(cpu, policy, dev);
 	if (ret)
@@ -1018,7 +977,6 @@
 
 	return 0;
 
-
 err_out_unregister:
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&cpufreq_driver_lock, flags);
 	for_each_cpu(j, policy->cpus)
diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/spear-cpufreq.c b/drivers/cpufreq/spear-cpufreq.c
index 8ff26af..fc714a6 100644
--- a/drivers/cpufreq/spear-cpufreq.c
+++ b/drivers/cpufreq/spear-cpufreq.c
@@ -189,7 +189,6 @@
 	policy->cur = spear_cpufreq_get(0);
 
 	cpumask_copy(policy->cpus, topology_core_cpumask(policy->cpu));
-	cpumask_copy(policy->related_cpus, policy->cpus);
 
 	return 0;
 }