diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_conservative.c b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_conservative.c
index 7498f25..a152d2c 100644
--- a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_conservative.c
+++ b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_conservative.c
@@ -65,6 +65,8 @@
 	unsigned int 		prev_cpu_idle_up;
 	unsigned int 		prev_cpu_idle_down;
 	unsigned int 		enable;
+	unsigned int		down_skip;
+	unsigned int		requested_freq;
 };
 static DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct cpu_dbs_info_s, cpu_dbs_info);
 
@@ -297,35 +299,12 @@
 	unsigned int tmp_idle_ticks, total_idle_ticks;
 	unsigned int freq_step;
 	unsigned int freq_down_sampling_rate;
-	static unsigned short down_skip[NR_CPUS];
-	static unsigned int requested_freq[NR_CPUS];
-	static unsigned int init_flag = NR_CPUS;
 	struct cpu_dbs_info_s *this_dbs_info = &per_cpu(cpu_dbs_info, cpu);
 	struct cpufreq_policy *policy;
 
 	if (!this_dbs_info->enable)
 		return;
 
-	if ( init_flag != 0 ) {
-		for_each_cpu(init_flag) {
-			down_skip[init_flag] = 0;
-			/* I doubt a CPU exists with a freq of 0hz :) */
-			requested_freq[init_flag] = 0;
-		}
-		init_flag = 0;
-	}
-	
-	/*
-	 * If its a freshly initialised cpu we setup requested_freq.  This
-	 * check could be avoided if we did not care about a first time
-	 * stunted increase in CPU speed when there is a load.  I feel we
-	 * should be initialising this to something.  The removal of a CPU
-	 * is not a problem, after a short time the CPU should settle down
-	 * to a 'natural' frequency.
-	 */
-	if (requested_freq[cpu] == 0)
-		requested_freq[cpu] = this_dbs_info->cur_policy->cur;
-
 	policy = this_dbs_info->cur_policy;
 
 	/* 
@@ -360,12 +339,12 @@
 			usecs_to_jiffies(dbs_tuners_ins.sampling_rate);
 
 	if (idle_ticks < up_idle_ticks) {
-		down_skip[cpu] = 0;
+		this_dbs_info->down_skip = 0;
 		this_dbs_info->prev_cpu_idle_down =
 			this_dbs_info->prev_cpu_idle_up;
 
 		/* if we are already at full speed then break out early */
-		if (requested_freq[cpu] == policy->max)
+		if (this_dbs_info->requested_freq == policy->max)
 			return;
 		
 		freq_step = (dbs_tuners_ins.freq_step * policy->max) / 100;
@@ -374,18 +353,18 @@
 		if (unlikely(freq_step == 0))
 			freq_step = 5;
 		
-		requested_freq[cpu] += freq_step;
-		if (requested_freq[cpu] > policy->max)
-			requested_freq[cpu] = policy->max;
+		this_dbs_info->requested_freq += freq_step;
+		if (this_dbs_info->requested_freq > policy->max)
+			this_dbs_info->requested_freq = policy->max;
 
-		__cpufreq_driver_target(policy, requested_freq[cpu], 
+		__cpufreq_driver_target(policy, this_dbs_info->requested_freq,
 			CPUFREQ_RELATION_H);
 		return;
 	}
 
 	/* Check for frequency decrease */
-	down_skip[cpu]++;
-	if (down_skip[cpu] < dbs_tuners_ins.sampling_down_factor)
+	this_dbs_info->down_skip++;
+	if (this_dbs_info->down_skip < dbs_tuners_ins.sampling_down_factor)
 		return;
 
 	/* Check for frequency decrease */
@@ -399,7 +378,7 @@
 
 	/* Scale idle ticks by 100 and compare with up and down ticks */
 	idle_ticks *= 100;
-	down_skip[cpu] = 0;
+	this_dbs_info->down_skip = 0;
 
 	freq_down_sampling_rate = dbs_tuners_ins.sampling_rate *
 		dbs_tuners_ins.sampling_down_factor;
@@ -412,7 +391,7 @@
 		 * or if we 'cannot' reduce the speed as the user might want
 		 * freq_step to be zero
 		 */
-		if (requested_freq[cpu] == policy->min
+		if (this_dbs_info->requested_freq == policy->min
 				|| dbs_tuners_ins.freq_step == 0)
 			return;
 
@@ -422,11 +401,11 @@
 		if (unlikely(freq_step == 0))
 			freq_step = 5;
 
-		requested_freq[cpu] -= freq_step;
-		if (requested_freq[cpu] < policy->min)
-			requested_freq[cpu] = policy->min;
+		this_dbs_info->requested_freq -= freq_step;
+		if (this_dbs_info->requested_freq < policy->min)
+			this_dbs_info->requested_freq = policy->min;
 
-		__cpufreq_driver_target(policy, requested_freq[cpu],
+		__cpufreq_driver_target(policy, this_dbs_info->requested_freq,
 				CPUFREQ_RELATION_H);
 		return;
 	}
@@ -489,6 +468,8 @@
 				= j_dbs_info->prev_cpu_idle_up;
 		}
 		this_dbs_info->enable = 1;
+		this_dbs_info->down_skip = 0;
+		this_dbs_info->requested_freq = policy->cur;
 		sysfs_create_group(&policy->kobj, &dbs_attr_group);
 		dbs_enable++;
 		/*