diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
index 8814c572e263..239063fb6afc 100644
--- a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
+++ b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
@@ -1219,6 +1219,10 @@ static int cpufreq_online(unsigned int cpu)
 		goto out_free_policy;
 	}
 
+	ret = cpufreq_table_validate_and_sort(policy);
+	if (ret)
+		goto out_exit_policy;
+
 	down_write(&policy->rwsem);
 
 	if (new_policy) {
@@ -1249,7 +1253,7 @@ static int cpufreq_online(unsigned int cpu)
 		policy->cur = cpufreq_driver->get(policy->cpu);
 		if (!policy->cur) {
 			pr_err("%s: ->get() failed\n", __func__);
-			goto out_exit_policy;
+			goto out_destroy_policy;
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -1296,7 +1300,7 @@ static int cpufreq_online(unsigned int cpu)
 	if (new_policy) {
 		ret = cpufreq_add_dev_interface(policy);
 		if (ret)
-			goto out_exit_policy;
+			goto out_destroy_policy;
 
 		cpufreq_stats_create_table(policy);
 
@@ -1311,7 +1315,7 @@ static int cpufreq_online(unsigned int cpu)
 		       __func__, cpu, ret);
 		/* cpufreq_policy_free() will notify based on this */
 		new_policy = false;
-		goto out_exit_policy;
+		goto out_destroy_policy;
 	}
 
 	up_write(&policy->rwsem);
@@ -1326,12 +1330,13 @@ static int cpufreq_online(unsigned int cpu)
 
 	return 0;
 
-out_exit_policy:
+out_destroy_policy:
 	for_each_cpu(j, policy->real_cpus)
 		remove_cpu_dev_symlink(policy, get_cpu_device(j));
 
 	up_write(&policy->rwsem);
 
+out_exit_policy:
 	if (cpufreq_driver->exit)
 		cpufreq_driver->exit(policy);
 
diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/freq_table.c b/drivers/cpufreq/freq_table.c
index 6d007f824ca7..10e119ae66dd 100644
--- a/drivers/cpufreq/freq_table.c
+++ b/drivers/cpufreq/freq_table.c
@@ -362,10 +362,24 @@ int cpufreq_table_validate_and_show(struct cpufreq_policy *policy,
 		return ret;
 
 	policy->freq_table = table;
-	return set_freq_table_sorted(policy);
+	return 0;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(cpufreq_table_validate_and_show);
 
+int cpufreq_table_validate_and_sort(struct cpufreq_policy *policy)
+{
+	int ret;
+
+	if (!policy->freq_table)
+		return 0;
+
+	ret = cpufreq_frequency_table_cpuinfo(policy, policy->freq_table);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
+
+	return set_freq_table_sorted(policy);
+}
+
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Dominik Brodowski <linux@brodo.de>");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("CPUfreq frequency table helpers");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
diff --git a/include/linux/cpufreq.h b/include/linux/cpufreq.h
index 21e8d248d956..1fe49724da9e 100644
--- a/include/linux/cpufreq.h
+++ b/include/linux/cpufreq.h
@@ -962,6 +962,7 @@ extern struct freq_attr cpufreq_freq_attr_scaling_boost_freqs;
 extern struct freq_attr *cpufreq_generic_attr[];
 int cpufreq_table_validate_and_show(struct cpufreq_policy *policy,
 				      struct cpufreq_frequency_table *table);
+int cpufreq_table_validate_and_sort(struct cpufreq_policy *policy);
 
 unsigned int cpufreq_generic_get(unsigned int cpu);
 int cpufreq_generic_init(struct cpufreq_policy *policy,