diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
index 16d7b4ac94be..8d19f7c06010 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)
@@ -1016,15 +1013,17 @@ static int __cpufreq_add_dev(struct device *dev, struct subsys_interface *sif,
 	read_unlock_irqrestore(&cpufreq_driver_lock, flags);
 #endif
 
-	if (frozen)
-		/* Restore the saved policy when doing light-weight init */
-		policy = cpufreq_policy_restore(cpu);
-	else
+	/*
+	 * Restore the saved policy when doing light-weight init and fall back
+	 * to the full init if that fails.
+	 */
+	policy = frozen ? cpufreq_policy_restore(cpu) : NULL;
+	if (!policy) {
+		frozen = false;
 		policy = cpufreq_policy_alloc();
-
-	if (!policy)
-		goto nomem_out;
-
+		if (!policy)
+			goto nomem_out;
+	}
 
 	/*
 	 * In the resume path, since we restore a saved policy, the assignment
@@ -1069,8 +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);
@@ -1101,6 +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);
 
@@ -1118,8 +1124,11 @@ err_get_freq:
 	if (cpufreq_driver->exit)
 		cpufreq_driver->exit(policy);
 err_set_policy_cpu:
-	if (frozen)
+	if (frozen) {
+		/* Do not leave stale fallback data behind. */
+		per_cpu(cpufreq_cpu_data_fallback, cpu) = NULL;
 		cpufreq_policy_put_kobj(policy);
+	}
 	cpufreq_policy_free(policy);
 
 nomem_out:
diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/intel_pstate.c b/drivers/cpufreq/intel_pstate.c
index 5f1cbae36961..f9d561e198ab 100644
--- a/drivers/cpufreq/intel_pstate.c
+++ b/drivers/cpufreq/intel_pstate.c
@@ -614,6 +614,11 @@ static int intel_pstate_init_cpu(unsigned int cpunum)
 	cpu = all_cpu_data[cpunum];
 
 	intel_pstate_get_cpu_pstates(cpu);
+	if (!cpu->pstate.current_pstate) {
+		all_cpu_data[cpunum] = NULL;
+		kfree(cpu);
+		return -ENODATA;
+	}
 
 	cpu->cpu = cpunum;
 
diff --git a/drivers/cpuidle/cpuidle-calxeda.c b/drivers/cpuidle/cpuidle-calxeda.c
index 36795639df0d..6e51114057d0 100644
--- a/drivers/cpuidle/cpuidle-calxeda.c
+++ b/drivers/cpuidle/cpuidle-calxeda.c
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ static struct cpuidle_driver calxeda_idle_driver = {
 	.state_count = 2,
 };
 
-static int __init calxeda_cpuidle_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
+static int calxeda_cpuidle_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 {
 	return cpuidle_register(&calxeda_idle_driver, NULL);
 }