diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
index bbd5c21..4da2844 100644
--- a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
+++ b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
@@ -686,6 +686,9 @@
 	NULL
 };
 
+struct kobject *cpufreq_global_kobject;
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(cpufreq_global_kobject);
+
 #define to_policy(k) container_of(k, struct cpufreq_policy, kobj)
 #define to_attr(a) container_of(a, struct freq_attr, attr)
 
@@ -1935,7 +1938,11 @@
 		per_cpu(policy_cpu, cpu) = -1;
 		init_rwsem(&per_cpu(cpu_policy_rwsem, cpu));
 	}
+
+	cpufreq_global_kobject = kobject_create_and_add("cpufreq",
+						&cpu_sysdev_class.kset.kobj);
+	BUG_ON(!cpufreq_global_kobject);
+
 	return 0;
 }
-
 core_initcall(cpufreq_core_init);