diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
index f13a663d1da500202863f0c9a019fb7b4cb74e5f..8d19f7c06010c364ff6ee758c15096c252f9f4bd 100644
--- a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
+++ b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
@@ -839,9 +839,6 @@ static void cpufreq_init_policy(struct cpufreq_policy *policy)
 
 	/* set default policy */
 	ret = cpufreq_set_policy(policy, &new_policy);
-	policy->user_policy.policy = policy->policy;
-	policy->user_policy.governor = policy->governor;
-
 	if (ret) {
 		pr_debug("setting policy failed\n");
 		if (cpufreq_driver->exit)
@@ -1071,8 +1068,10 @@ static int __cpufreq_add_dev(struct device *dev, struct subsys_interface *sif,
 	 */
 	cpumask_and(policy->cpus, policy->cpus, cpu_online_mask);
 
-	policy->user_policy.min = policy->min;
-	policy->user_policy.max = policy->max;
+	if (!frozen) {
+		policy->user_policy.min = policy->min;
+		policy->user_policy.max = policy->max;
+	}
 
 	blocking_notifier_call_chain(&cpufreq_policy_notifier_list,
 				     CPUFREQ_START, policy);
@@ -1103,6 +1102,11 @@ static int __cpufreq_add_dev(struct device *dev, struct subsys_interface *sif,
 
 	cpufreq_init_policy(policy);
 
+	if (!frozen) {
+		policy->user_policy.policy = policy->policy;
+		policy->user_policy.governor = policy->governor;
+	}
+
 	kobject_uevent(&policy->kobj, KOBJ_ADD);
 	up_read(&cpufreq_rwsem);