diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/powernv-cpufreq.c b/drivers/cpufreq/powernv-cpufreq.c
index 1806b1da4366..3a2f022f6bde 100644
--- a/drivers/cpufreq/powernv-cpufreq.c
+++ b/drivers/cpufreq/powernv-cpufreq.c
@@ -902,6 +902,7 @@ static struct notifier_block powernv_cpufreq_reboot_nb = {
 void powernv_cpufreq_work_fn(struct work_struct *work)
 {
 	struct chip *chip = container_of(work, struct chip, throttle);
+	struct cpufreq_policy *policy;
 	unsigned int cpu;
 	cpumask_t mask;
 
@@ -916,12 +917,14 @@ void powernv_cpufreq_work_fn(struct work_struct *work)
 	chip->restore = false;
 	for_each_cpu(cpu, &mask) {
 		int index;
-		struct cpufreq_policy policy;
 
-		cpufreq_get_policy(&policy, cpu);
-		index = cpufreq_table_find_index_c(&policy, policy.cur);
-		powernv_cpufreq_target_index(&policy, index);
-		cpumask_andnot(&mask, &mask, policy.cpus);
+		policy = cpufreq_cpu_get(cpu);
+		if (!policy)
+			continue;
+		index = cpufreq_table_find_index_c(policy, policy->cur);
+		powernv_cpufreq_target_index(policy, index);
+		cpumask_andnot(&mask, &mask, policy->cpus);
+		cpufreq_cpu_put(policy);
 	}
 out:
 	put_online_cpus();