diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/powermac/cpufreq_64.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/powermac/cpufreq_64.c
index 567d5523b690..00f50298c342 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/powermac/cpufreq_64.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/powermac/cpufreq_64.c
@@ -357,13 +357,13 @@ static unsigned int g5_cpufreq_get_speed(unsigned int cpu)
 
 static int g5_cpufreq_cpu_init(struct cpufreq_policy *policy)
 {
-	if (policy->cpu != 0)
-		return -ENODEV;
-
 	policy->governor = CPUFREQ_DEFAULT_GOVERNOR;
 	policy->cpuinfo.transition_latency = CPUFREQ_ETERNAL;
 	policy->cur = g5_cpu_freqs[g5_query_freq()].frequency;
-	policy->cpus = cpu_possible_map;
+	/* secondary CPUs are tied to the primary one by the
+	 * cpufreq core if in the secondary policy we tell it that
+	 * it actually must be one policy together with all others. */
+	policy->cpus = cpu_online_map;
 	cpufreq_frequency_table_get_attr(g5_cpu_freqs, policy->cpu);
 
 	return cpufreq_frequency_table_cpuinfo(policy,