diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
index 2dafc5c38ae7..7c10f96c5ae9 100644
--- a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
+++ b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
@@ -1208,12 +1208,28 @@ static int __cpufreq_remove_dev(struct sys_device *sys_dev)
 		cpufreq_driver->exit(data);
 	unlock_policy_rwsem_write(cpu);
 
+	cpufreq_debug_enable_ratelimit();
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU
+	/* when the CPU which is the parent of the kobj is hotplugged
+	 * offline, check for siblings, and create cpufreq sysfs interface
+	 * and symlinks
+	 */
+	if (unlikely(cpumask_weight(data->cpus) > 1)) {
+		/* first sibling now owns the new sysfs dir */
+		cpumask_clear_cpu(cpu, data->cpus);
+		cpufreq_add_dev(get_cpu_sysdev(cpumask_first(data->cpus)));
+
+		/* finally remove our own symlink */
+		lock_policy_rwsem_write(cpu);
+		__cpufreq_remove_dev(sys_dev);
+	}
+#endif
+
 	free_cpumask_var(data->related_cpus);
 	free_cpumask_var(data->cpus);
 	kfree(data);
-	per_cpu(cpufreq_cpu_data, cpu) = NULL;
 
-	cpufreq_debug_enable_ratelimit();
 	return 0;
 }