diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/acpi-cpufreq.c b/drivers/cpufreq/acpi-cpufreq.c
index 7e7450453714d3..b49612895c7869 100644
--- a/drivers/cpufreq/acpi-cpufreq.c
+++ b/drivers/cpufreq/acpi-cpufreq.c
@@ -163,9 +163,9 @@ static ssize_t store_cpb(struct cpufreq_policy *policy, const char *buf,
 	if (ret || val > 1)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	get_online_cpus();
+	cpus_read_lock();
 	set_boost(policy, val);
-	put_online_cpus();
+	cpus_read_unlock();
 
 	return count;
 }
diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
index 45f3416988f1a4..06c526d66dd388 100644
--- a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
+++ b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
@@ -2654,18 +2654,18 @@ int cpufreq_boost_trigger_state(int state)
 	cpufreq_driver->boost_enabled = state;
 	write_unlock_irqrestore(&cpufreq_driver_lock, flags);
 
-	get_online_cpus();
+	cpus_read_lock();
 	for_each_active_policy(policy) {
 		ret = cpufreq_driver->set_boost(policy, state);
 		if (ret)
 			goto err_reset_state;
 	}
-	put_online_cpus();
+	cpus_read_unlock();
 
 	return 0;
 
 err_reset_state:
-	put_online_cpus();
+	cpus_read_unlock();
 
 	write_lock_irqsave(&cpufreq_driver_lock, flags);
 	cpufreq_driver->boost_enabled = !state;
diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_ondemand.c b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_ondemand.c
index ac361a8b1d3bb4..eb4320b619c9c2 100644
--- a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_ondemand.c
+++ b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_ondemand.c
@@ -418,7 +418,7 @@ static void od_set_powersave_bias(unsigned int powersave_bias)
 	default_powersave_bias = powersave_bias;
 	cpumask_clear(&done);
 
-	get_online_cpus();
+	cpus_read_lock();
 	for_each_online_cpu(cpu) {
 		struct cpufreq_policy *policy;
 		struct policy_dbs_info *policy_dbs;
@@ -442,7 +442,7 @@ static void od_set_powersave_bias(unsigned int powersave_bias)
 		od_tuners = dbs_data->tuners;
 		od_tuners->powersave_bias = default_powersave_bias;
 	}
-	put_online_cpus();
+	cpus_read_unlock();
 }
 
 void od_register_powersave_bias_handler(unsigned int (*f)
diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/intel_pstate.c b/drivers/cpufreq/intel_pstate.c
index bb4549959b1134..2d83a9f9651b08 100644
--- a/drivers/cpufreq/intel_pstate.c
+++ b/drivers/cpufreq/intel_pstate.c
@@ -2969,7 +2969,7 @@ static void intel_pstate_driver_cleanup(void)
 {
 	unsigned int cpu;
 
-	get_online_cpus();
+	cpus_read_lock();
 	for_each_online_cpu(cpu) {
 		if (all_cpu_data[cpu]) {
 			if (intel_pstate_driver == &intel_pstate)
@@ -2979,7 +2979,7 @@ static void intel_pstate_driver_cleanup(void)
 			all_cpu_data[cpu] = NULL;
 		}
 	}
-	put_online_cpus();
+	cpus_read_unlock();
 
 	intel_pstate_driver = NULL;
 }
diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/powernow-k8.c b/drivers/cpufreq/powernow-k8.c
index b9ccb6a3dad98b..12ab4014af7124 100644
--- a/drivers/cpufreq/powernow-k8.c
+++ b/drivers/cpufreq/powernow-k8.c
@@ -1180,7 +1180,7 @@ static int powernowk8_init(void)
 	if (!x86_match_cpu(powernow_k8_ids))
 		return -ENODEV;
 
-	get_online_cpus();
+	cpus_read_lock();
 	for_each_online_cpu(i) {
 		smp_call_function_single(i, check_supported_cpu, &ret, 1);
 		if (!ret)
@@ -1188,10 +1188,10 @@ static int powernowk8_init(void)
 	}
 
 	if (supported_cpus != num_online_cpus()) {
-		put_online_cpus();
+		cpus_read_unlock();
 		return -ENODEV;
 	}
-	put_online_cpus();
+	cpus_read_unlock();
 
 	ret = cpufreq_register_driver(&cpufreq_amd64_driver);
 	if (ret)
diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/powernv-cpufreq.c b/drivers/cpufreq/powernv-cpufreq.c
index 005600cef2730f..23a06cba392cda 100644
--- a/drivers/cpufreq/powernv-cpufreq.c
+++ b/drivers/cpufreq/powernv-cpufreq.c
@@ -918,7 +918,7 @@ static void powernv_cpufreq_work_fn(struct work_struct *work)
 	unsigned int cpu;
 	cpumask_t mask;
 
-	get_online_cpus();
+	cpus_read_lock();
 	cpumask_and(&mask, &chip->mask, cpu_online_mask);
 	smp_call_function_any(&mask,
 			      powernv_cpufreq_throttle_check, NULL, 0);
@@ -939,7 +939,7 @@ static void powernv_cpufreq_work_fn(struct work_struct *work)
 		cpufreq_cpu_put(policy);
 	}
 out:
-	put_online_cpus();
+	cpus_read_unlock();
 }
 
 static int powernv_cpufreq_occ_msg(struct notifier_block *nb,