1 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
index f52facc570f5..3162010900c9 100644
--- a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
+++ b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
@@ -1015,6 +1015,10 @@ static int cpufreq_remove_dev (struct sys_device * sys_dev)
 {
         unsigned int cpu = sys_dev->id;
         int retval;
+
+        if (cpu_is_offline(cpu))
+                return 0;
+
         if (unlikely(lock_policy_rwsem_write(cpu)))
                 BUG();