1 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/arch/i386/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/acpi-cpufreq.c b/arch/i386/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/acpi-cpufreq.c
index 5fd65325b81a..cf0ddc9ee0cd 100644
--- a/arch/i386/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/acpi-cpufreq.c
+++ b/arch/i386/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/acpi-cpufreq.c
@@ -418,8 +418,14 @@ acpi_cpufreq_cpu_init (
                 goto err_free;
 
         perf = data->acpi_data;
-        policy->cpus = perf->shared_cpu_map;
         policy->shared_type = perf->shared_type;
+        /*
+         * Will let policy->cpus know about dependency only when software 
+         * coordination is required.
+         */
+        if (policy->shared_type == CPUFREQ_SHARED_TYPE_ALL ||
+            policy->shared_type == CPUFREQ_SHARED_TYPE_ANY)
+                policy->cpus = perf->shared_cpu_map;
 
         if (cpu_has(c, X86_FEATURE_CONSTANT_TSC)) {
                 acpi_cpufreq_driver.flags |= CPUFREQ_CONST_LOOPS;