diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/acpi-cpufreq.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/acpi-cpufreq.c
index 28102ad..0b31939 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/acpi-cpufreq.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/acpi-cpufreq.c
@@ -411,7 +411,7 @@
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU
 	/* cpufreq holds the hotplug lock, so we are safe from here on */
-	cpus_and(online_policy_cpus, cpu_online_map, policy->cpus);
+	cpumask_and(&online_policy_cpus, cpu_online_mask, policy->cpus);
 #else
 	online_policy_cpus = policy->cpus;
 #endif
@@ -626,15 +626,15 @@
 	 */
 	if (policy->shared_type == CPUFREQ_SHARED_TYPE_ALL ||
 	    policy->shared_type == CPUFREQ_SHARED_TYPE_ANY) {
-		cpumask_copy(&policy->cpus, perf->shared_cpu_map);
+		cpumask_copy(policy->cpus, perf->shared_cpu_map);
 	}
-	cpumask_copy(&policy->related_cpus, perf->shared_cpu_map);
+	cpumask_copy(policy->related_cpus, perf->shared_cpu_map);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_SMP
 	dmi_check_system(sw_any_bug_dmi_table);
-	if (bios_with_sw_any_bug && cpus_weight(policy->cpus) == 1) {
+	if (bios_with_sw_any_bug && cpumask_weight(policy->cpus) == 1) {
 		policy->shared_type = CPUFREQ_SHARED_TYPE_ALL;
-		policy->cpus = per_cpu(cpu_core_map, cpu);
+		cpumask_copy(policy->cpus, cpu_core_mask(cpu));
 	}
 #endif
 
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/p4-clockmod.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/p4-clockmod.c
index beea446..b585e04c 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/p4-clockmod.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/p4-clockmod.c
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@
 		return 0;
 
 	/* notifiers */
-	for_each_cpu_mask_nr(i, policy->cpus) {
+	for_each_cpu(i, policy->cpus) {
 		freqs.cpu = i;
 		cpufreq_notify_transition(&freqs, CPUFREQ_PRECHANGE);
 	}
@@ -130,11 +130,11 @@
 	/* run on each logical CPU, see section 13.15.3 of IA32 Intel Architecture Software
 	 * Developer's Manual, Volume 3
 	 */
-	for_each_cpu_mask_nr(i, policy->cpus)
+	for_each_cpu(i, policy->cpus)
 		cpufreq_p4_setdc(i, p4clockmod_table[newstate].index);
 
 	/* notifiers */
-	for_each_cpu_mask_nr(i, policy->cpus) {
+	for_each_cpu(i, policy->cpus) {
 		freqs.cpu = i;
 		cpufreq_notify_transition(&freqs, CPUFREQ_POSTCHANGE);
 	}
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@
 	unsigned int i;
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_SMP
-	policy->cpus = per_cpu(cpu_sibling_map, policy->cpu);
+	cpumask_copy(policy->cpus, &per_cpu(cpu_sibling_map, policy->cpu));
 #endif
 
 	/* Errata workaround */
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/powernow-k8.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/powernow-k8.c
index c3c9adb..5c28b37 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/powernow-k8.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/powernow-k8.c
@@ -1199,10 +1199,10 @@
 	set_cpus_allowed_ptr(current, &oldmask);
 
 	if (cpu_family == CPU_HW_PSTATE)
-		pol->cpus = cpumask_of_cpu(pol->cpu);
+		cpumask_copy(pol->cpus, cpumask_of(pol->cpu));
 	else
-		pol->cpus = per_cpu(cpu_core_map, pol->cpu);
-	data->available_cores = &(pol->cpus);
+		cpumask_copy(pol->cpus, &per_cpu(cpu_core_map, pol->cpu));
+	data->available_cores = pol->cpus;
 
 	/* Take a crude guess here.
 	 * That guess was in microseconds, so multiply with 1000 */
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/powernow-k8.h b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/powernow-k8.h
index 65cfb5d..8ecc75b 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/powernow-k8.h
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/powernow-k8.h
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
 	/* we need to keep track of associated cores, but let cpufreq
 	 * handle hotplug events - so just point at cpufreq pol->cpus
 	 * structure */
-	cpumask_t *available_cores;
+	struct cpumask *available_cores;
 };
 
 
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/speedstep-centrino.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/speedstep-centrino.c
index d2cc499..f089982 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/speedstep-centrino.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/speedstep-centrino.c
@@ -492,8 +492,8 @@
 	}
 
 	first_cpu = 1;
-	for_each_cpu_mask_nr(j, policy->cpus) {
-		const cpumask_t *mask;
+	for_each_cpu(j, policy->cpus) {
+		const struct cpumask *mask;
 
 		/* cpufreq holds the hotplug lock, so we are safe here */
 		if (!cpu_online(j))
@@ -504,9 +504,9 @@
 		 * Make sure we are running on CPU that wants to change freq
 		 */
 		if (policy->shared_type == CPUFREQ_SHARED_TYPE_ANY)
-			mask = &policy->cpus;
+			mask = policy->cpus;
 		else
-			mask = &cpumask_of_cpu(j);
+			mask = cpumask_of(j);
 
 		set_cpus_allowed_ptr(current, mask);
 		preempt_disable();
@@ -538,7 +538,7 @@
 			dprintk("target=%dkHz old=%d new=%d msr=%04x\n",
 				target_freq, freqs.old, freqs.new, msr);
 
-			for_each_cpu_mask_nr(k, policy->cpus) {
+			for_each_cpu(k, policy->cpus) {
 				if (!cpu_online(k))
 					continue;
 				freqs.cpu = k;
@@ -563,7 +563,7 @@
 		preempt_enable();
 	}
 
-	for_each_cpu_mask_nr(k, policy->cpus) {
+	for_each_cpu(k, policy->cpus) {
 		if (!cpu_online(k))
 			continue;
 		freqs.cpu = k;
@@ -586,7 +586,7 @@
 		tmp = freqs.new;
 		freqs.new = freqs.old;
 		freqs.old = tmp;
-		for_each_cpu_mask_nr(j, policy->cpus) {
+		for_each_cpu(j, policy->cpus) {
 			if (!cpu_online(j))
 				continue;
 			cpufreq_notify_transition(&freqs, CPUFREQ_PRECHANGE);
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/speedstep-ich.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/speedstep-ich.c
index 04d0376..dedc1e9 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/speedstep-ich.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/speedstep-ich.c
@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static unsigned int _speedstep_get(const cpumask_t *cpus)
+static unsigned int _speedstep_get(const struct cpumask *cpus)
 {
 	unsigned int speed;
 	cpumask_t cpus_allowed;
@@ -244,7 +244,7 @@
 
 static unsigned int speedstep_get(unsigned int cpu)
 {
-	return _speedstep_get(&cpumask_of_cpu(cpu));
+	return _speedstep_get(cpumask_of(cpu));
 }
 
 /**
@@ -267,7 +267,7 @@
 	if (cpufreq_frequency_table_target(policy, &speedstep_freqs[0], target_freq, relation, &newstate))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	freqs.old = _speedstep_get(&policy->cpus);
+	freqs.old = _speedstep_get(policy->cpus);
 	freqs.new = speedstep_freqs[newstate].frequency;
 	freqs.cpu = policy->cpu;
 
@@ -279,20 +279,20 @@
 
 	cpus_allowed = current->cpus_allowed;
 
-	for_each_cpu_mask_nr(i, policy->cpus) {
+	for_each_cpu(i, policy->cpus) {
 		freqs.cpu = i;
 		cpufreq_notify_transition(&freqs, CPUFREQ_PRECHANGE);
 	}
 
 	/* switch to physical CPU where state is to be changed */
-	set_cpus_allowed_ptr(current, &policy->cpus);
+	set_cpus_allowed_ptr(current, policy->cpus);
 
 	speedstep_set_state(newstate);
 
 	/* allow to be run on all CPUs */
 	set_cpus_allowed_ptr(current, &cpus_allowed);
 
-	for_each_cpu_mask_nr(i, policy->cpus) {
+	for_each_cpu(i, policy->cpus) {
 		freqs.cpu = i;
 		cpufreq_notify_transition(&freqs, CPUFREQ_POSTCHANGE);
 	}
@@ -322,11 +322,11 @@
 
 	/* only run on CPU to be set, or on its sibling */
 #ifdef CONFIG_SMP
-	policy->cpus = per_cpu(cpu_sibling_map, policy->cpu);
+	cpumask_copy(policy->cpus, &per_cpu(cpu_sibling_map, policy->cpu));
 #endif
 
 	cpus_allowed = current->cpus_allowed;
-	set_cpus_allowed_ptr(current, &policy->cpus);
+	set_cpus_allowed_ptr(current, policy->cpus);
 
 	/* detect low and high frequency and transition latency */
 	result = speedstep_get_freqs(speedstep_processor,
@@ -339,7 +339,7 @@
 		return result;
 
 	/* get current speed setting */
-	speed = _speedstep_get(&policy->cpus);
+	speed = _speedstep_get(policy->cpus);
 	if (!speed)
 		return -EIO;
 
diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
index 01dde80..b55cb67 100644
--- a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
+++ b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
@@ -584,12 +584,12 @@
 	return i;
 }
 
-static ssize_t show_cpus(cpumask_t mask, char *buf)
+static ssize_t show_cpus(const struct cpumask *mask, char *buf)
 {
 	ssize_t i = 0;
 	unsigned int cpu;
 
-	for_each_cpu_mask_nr(cpu, mask) {
+	for_each_cpu(cpu, mask) {
 		if (i)
 			i += scnprintf(&buf[i], (PAGE_SIZE - i - 2), " ");
 		i += scnprintf(&buf[i], (PAGE_SIZE - i - 2), "%u", cpu);
@@ -606,7 +606,7 @@
  */
 static ssize_t show_related_cpus(struct cpufreq_policy *policy, char *buf)
 {
-	if (cpus_empty(policy->related_cpus))
+	if (cpumask_empty(policy->related_cpus))
 		return show_cpus(policy->cpus, buf);
 	return show_cpus(policy->related_cpus, buf);
 }
@@ -806,9 +806,20 @@
 		ret = -ENOMEM;
 		goto nomem_out;
 	}
+	if (!alloc_cpumask_var(&policy->cpus, GFP_KERNEL)) {
+		kfree(policy);
+		ret = -ENOMEM;
+		goto nomem_out;
+	}
+	if (!alloc_cpumask_var(&policy->related_cpus, GFP_KERNEL)) {
+		free_cpumask_var(policy->cpus);
+		kfree(policy);
+		ret = -ENOMEM;
+		goto nomem_out;
+	}
 
 	policy->cpu = cpu;
-	policy->cpus = cpumask_of_cpu(cpu);
+	cpumask_copy(policy->cpus, cpumask_of(cpu));
 
 	/* Initially set CPU itself as the policy_cpu */
 	per_cpu(policy_cpu, cpu) = cpu;
@@ -843,7 +854,7 @@
 	}
 #endif
 
-	for_each_cpu_mask_nr(j, policy->cpus) {
+	for_each_cpu(j, policy->cpus) {
 		if (cpu == j)
 			continue;
 
@@ -861,7 +872,7 @@
 				goto err_out_driver_exit;
 
 			spin_lock_irqsave(&cpufreq_driver_lock, flags);
-			managed_policy->cpus = policy->cpus;
+			cpumask_copy(managed_policy->cpus, policy->cpus);
 			per_cpu(cpufreq_cpu_data, cpu) = managed_policy;
 			spin_unlock_irqrestore(&cpufreq_driver_lock, flags);
 
@@ -916,14 +927,14 @@
 	}
 
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&cpufreq_driver_lock, flags);
-	for_each_cpu_mask_nr(j, policy->cpus) {
+	for_each_cpu(j, policy->cpus) {
 		per_cpu(cpufreq_cpu_data, j) = policy;
 		per_cpu(policy_cpu, j) = policy->cpu;
 	}
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&cpufreq_driver_lock, flags);
 
 	/* symlink affected CPUs */
-	for_each_cpu_mask_nr(j, policy->cpus) {
+	for_each_cpu(j, policy->cpus) {
 		if (j == cpu)
 			continue;
 		if (!cpu_online(j))
@@ -963,7 +974,7 @@
 
 err_out_unregister:
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&cpufreq_driver_lock, flags);
-	for_each_cpu_mask_nr(j, policy->cpus)
+	for_each_cpu(j, policy->cpus)
 		per_cpu(cpufreq_cpu_data, j) = NULL;
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&cpufreq_driver_lock, flags);
 
@@ -1024,7 +1035,7 @@
 	 */
 	if (unlikely(cpu != data->cpu)) {
 		dprintk("removing link\n");
-		cpu_clear(cpu, data->cpus);
+		cpumask_clear_cpu(cpu, data->cpus);
 		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&cpufreq_driver_lock, flags);
 		sysfs_remove_link(&sys_dev->kobj, "cpufreq");
 		cpufreq_cpu_put(data);
@@ -1045,8 +1056,8 @@
 	 * per_cpu(cpufreq_cpu_data) while holding the lock, and remove
 	 * the sysfs links afterwards.
 	 */
-	if (unlikely(cpus_weight(data->cpus) > 1)) {
-		for_each_cpu_mask_nr(j, data->cpus) {
+	if (unlikely(cpumask_weight(data->cpus) > 1)) {
+		for_each_cpu(j, data->cpus) {
 			if (j == cpu)
 				continue;
 			per_cpu(cpufreq_cpu_data, j) = NULL;
@@ -1055,8 +1066,8 @@
 
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&cpufreq_driver_lock, flags);
 
-	if (unlikely(cpus_weight(data->cpus) > 1)) {
-		for_each_cpu_mask_nr(j, data->cpus) {
+	if (unlikely(cpumask_weight(data->cpus) > 1)) {
+		for_each_cpu(j, data->cpus) {
 			if (j == cpu)
 				continue;
 			dprintk("removing link for cpu %u\n", j);
@@ -1090,7 +1101,10 @@
 	if (cpufreq_driver->exit)
 		cpufreq_driver->exit(data);
 
+	free_cpumask_var(data->related_cpus);
+	free_cpumask_var(data->cpus);
 	kfree(data);
+	per_cpu(cpufreq_cpu_data, cpu) = NULL;
 
 	cpufreq_debug_enable_ratelimit();
 	return 0;
diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_conservative.c b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_conservative.c
index e265783..0320962 100644
--- a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_conservative.c
+++ b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_conservative.c
@@ -498,7 +498,7 @@
 			return rc;
 		}
 
-		for_each_cpu_mask_nr(j, policy->cpus) {
+		for_each_cpu(j, policy->cpus) {
 			struct cpu_dbs_info_s *j_dbs_info;
 			j_dbs_info = &per_cpu(cpu_dbs_info, j);
 			j_dbs_info->cur_policy = policy;
diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_ondemand.c b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_ondemand.c
index 2ab3c12..6a2b036 100644
--- a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_ondemand.c
+++ b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_ondemand.c
@@ -400,7 +400,7 @@
 	/* Get Absolute Load - in terms of freq */
 	max_load_freq = 0;
 
-	for_each_cpu_mask_nr(j, policy->cpus) {
+	for_each_cpu(j, policy->cpus) {
 		struct cpu_dbs_info_s *j_dbs_info;
 		cputime64_t cur_wall_time, cur_idle_time;
 		unsigned int idle_time, wall_time;
@@ -568,7 +568,7 @@
 			return rc;
 		}
 
-		for_each_cpu_mask_nr(j, policy->cpus) {
+		for_each_cpu(j, policy->cpus) {
 			struct cpu_dbs_info_s *j_dbs_info;
 			j_dbs_info = &per_cpu(cpu_dbs_info, j);
 			j_dbs_info->cur_policy = policy;
diff --git a/include/linux/cpufreq.h b/include/linux/cpufreq.h
index 484b3ab..384b38d 100644
--- a/include/linux/cpufreq.h
+++ b/include/linux/cpufreq.h
@@ -80,8 +80,8 @@
 };
 
 struct cpufreq_policy {
-	cpumask_t		cpus;	/* CPUs requiring sw coordination */
-	cpumask_t		related_cpus; /* CPUs with any coordination */
+	cpumask_var_t		cpus;	/* CPUs requiring sw coordination */
+	cpumask_var_t		related_cpus; /* CPUs with any coordination */
 	unsigned int		shared_type; /* ANY or ALL affected CPUs
 						should set cpufreq */
 	unsigned int		cpu;    /* cpu nr of registered CPU */