diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/ia64-acpi-cpufreq.c b/drivers/cpufreq/ia64-acpi-cpufreq.c
index e28a31a40829..a757c0a1e7b5 100644
--- a/drivers/cpufreq/ia64-acpi-cpufreq.c
+++ b/drivers/cpufreq/ia64-acpi-cpufreq.c
@@ -34,6 +34,11 @@ struct cpufreq_acpi_io {
 	unsigned int				resume;
 };
 
+struct cpufreq_acpi_req {
+	unsigned int		cpu;
+	unsigned int		state;
+};
+
 static struct cpufreq_acpi_io	*acpi_io_data[NR_CPUS];
 
 static struct cpufreq_driver acpi_cpufreq_driver;
@@ -83,8 +88,7 @@ processor_get_pstate (
 static unsigned
 extract_clock (
 	struct cpufreq_acpi_io *data,
-	unsigned value,
-	unsigned int cpu)
+	unsigned value)
 {
 	unsigned long i;
 
@@ -98,60 +102,43 @@ extract_clock (
 }
 
 
-static unsigned int
+static long
 processor_get_freq (
-	struct cpufreq_acpi_io	*data,
-	unsigned int		cpu)
+	void *arg)
 {
-	int			ret = 0;
-	u32			value = 0;
-	cpumask_t		saved_mask;
-	unsigned long 		clock_freq;
+	struct cpufreq_acpi_req *req = arg;
+	unsigned int		cpu = req->cpu;
+	struct cpufreq_acpi_io	*data = acpi_io_data[cpu];
+	u32			value;
+	int			ret;
 
 	pr_debug("processor_get_freq\n");
-
-	saved_mask = current->cpus_allowed;
-	set_cpus_allowed_ptr(current, cpumask_of(cpu));
 	if (smp_processor_id() != cpu)
-		goto migrate_end;
+		return -EAGAIN;
 
 	/* processor_get_pstate gets the instantaneous frequency */
 	ret = processor_get_pstate(&value);
-
 	if (ret) {
-		set_cpus_allowed_ptr(current, &saved_mask);
 		pr_warn("get performance failed with error %d\n", ret);
-		ret = 0;
-		goto migrate_end;
+		return ret;
 	}
-	clock_freq = extract_clock(data, value, cpu);
-	ret = (clock_freq*1000);
-
-migrate_end:
-	set_cpus_allowed_ptr(current, &saved_mask);
-	return ret;
+	return 1000 * extract_clock(data, value);
 }
 
 
-static int
+static long
 processor_set_freq (
-	struct cpufreq_acpi_io	*data,
-	struct cpufreq_policy   *policy,
-	int			state)
+	void *arg)
 {
-	int			ret = 0;
-	u32			value = 0;
-	cpumask_t		saved_mask;
-	int			retval;
+	struct cpufreq_acpi_req *req = arg;
+	unsigned int		cpu = req->cpu;
+	struct cpufreq_acpi_io	*data = acpi_io_data[cpu];
+	int			ret, state = req->state;
+	u32			value;
 
 	pr_debug("processor_set_freq\n");
-
-	saved_mask = current->cpus_allowed;
-	set_cpus_allowed_ptr(current, cpumask_of(policy->cpu));
-	if (smp_processor_id() != policy->cpu) {
-		retval = -EAGAIN;
-		goto migrate_end;
-	}
+	if (smp_processor_id() != cpu)
+		return -EAGAIN;
 
 	if (state == data->acpi_data.state) {
 		if (unlikely(data->resume)) {
@@ -159,8 +146,7 @@ processor_set_freq (
 			data->resume = 0;
 		} else {
 			pr_debug("Already at target state (P%d)\n", state);
-			retval = 0;
-			goto migrate_end;
+			return 0;
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -171,7 +157,6 @@ processor_set_freq (
 	 * First we write the target state's 'control' value to the
 	 * control_register.
 	 */
-
 	value = (u32) data->acpi_data.states[state].control;
 
 	pr_debug("Transitioning to state: 0x%08x\n", value);
@@ -179,17 +164,11 @@ processor_set_freq (
 	ret = processor_set_pstate(value);
 	if (ret) {
 		pr_warn("Transition failed with error %d\n", ret);
-		retval = -ENODEV;
-		goto migrate_end;
+		return -ENODEV;
 	}
 
 	data->acpi_data.state = state;
-
-	retval = 0;
-
-migrate_end:
-	set_cpus_allowed_ptr(current, &saved_mask);
-	return (retval);
+	return 0;
 }
 
 
@@ -197,11 +176,13 @@ static unsigned int
 acpi_cpufreq_get (
 	unsigned int		cpu)
 {
-	struct cpufreq_acpi_io *data = acpi_io_data[cpu];
+	struct cpufreq_acpi_req req;
+	long ret;
 
-	pr_debug("acpi_cpufreq_get\n");
+	req.cpu = cpu;
+	ret = work_on_cpu(cpu, processor_get_freq, &req);
 
-	return processor_get_freq(data, cpu);
+	return ret > 0 ? (unsigned int) ret : 0;
 }
 
 
@@ -210,7 +191,12 @@ acpi_cpufreq_target (
 	struct cpufreq_policy   *policy,
 	unsigned int index)
 {
-	return processor_set_freq(acpi_io_data[policy->cpu], policy, index);
+	struct cpufreq_acpi_req req;
+
+	req.cpu = policy->cpu;
+	req.state = index;
+
+	return work_on_cpu(req.cpu, processor_set_freq, &req);
 }
 
 static int