diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
index b90eda8b34409680863edb45bc7b993ed87a1082..120d236c0ffb2f1d704bae087bf80ccb875908c1 100644
--- a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
+++ b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
@@ -924,6 +924,8 @@ static int cpufreq_add_dev(struct sys_device *sys_dev)
 
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&cpufreq_driver_lock, flags);
 	for_each_cpu(j, policy->cpus) {
+		if (!cpu_online(j))
+			continue;
 		per_cpu(cpufreq_cpu_data, j) = policy;
 		per_cpu(policy_cpu, j) = policy->cpu;
 	}