diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/freq_table.c b/drivers/cpufreq/freq_table.c
index b9336edb9bd6e68d82f59f349654c219222b0876..3458d27f63b409e03b866e6b20e541a7de8cc769 100644
--- a/drivers/cpufreq/freq_table.c
+++ b/drivers/cpufreq/freq_table.c
@@ -86,6 +86,20 @@ int cpufreq_frequency_table_verify(struct cpufreq_policy *policy,
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(cpufreq_frequency_table_verify);
 
+/*
+ * Generic routine to verify policy & frequency table, requires driver to call
+ * cpufreq_frequency_table_get_attr() prior to it.
+ */
+int cpufreq_generic_frequency_table_verify(struct cpufreq_policy *policy)
+{
+	struct cpufreq_frequency_table *table =
+		cpufreq_frequency_get_table(policy->cpu);
+	if (!table)
+		return -ENODEV;
+
+	return cpufreq_frequency_table_verify(policy, table);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(cpufreq_generic_frequency_table_verify);
 
 int cpufreq_frequency_table_target(struct cpufreq_policy *policy,
 				   struct cpufreq_frequency_table *table,
@@ -199,6 +213,12 @@ struct freq_attr cpufreq_freq_attr_scaling_available_freqs = {
 };
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(cpufreq_freq_attr_scaling_available_freqs);
 
+struct freq_attr *cpufreq_generic_attr[] = {
+	&cpufreq_freq_attr_scaling_available_freqs,
+	NULL,
+};
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(cpufreq_generic_attr);
+
 /*
  * if you use these, you must assure that the frequency table is valid
  * all the time between get_attr and put_attr!
diff --git a/include/linux/cpufreq.h b/include/linux/cpufreq.h
index c7495915932d55051a670262dc2f4959dac30247..36ccd0bf1304f466e7b9eb2f8852dfaeab395520 100644
--- a/include/linux/cpufreq.h
+++ b/include/linux/cpufreq.h
@@ -401,6 +401,7 @@ int cpufreq_frequency_table_cpuinfo(struct cpufreq_policy *policy,
 
 int cpufreq_frequency_table_verify(struct cpufreq_policy *policy,
 				   struct cpufreq_frequency_table *table);
+int cpufreq_generic_frequency_table_verify(struct cpufreq_policy *policy);
 
 int cpufreq_frequency_table_target(struct cpufreq_policy *policy,
 				   struct cpufreq_frequency_table *table,
@@ -416,10 +417,17 @@ struct cpufreq_frequency_table *cpufreq_frequency_get_table(unsigned int cpu);
 
 /* the following are really really optional */
 extern struct freq_attr cpufreq_freq_attr_scaling_available_freqs;
+extern struct freq_attr *cpufreq_generic_attr[];
 void cpufreq_frequency_table_get_attr(struct cpufreq_frequency_table *table,
 				      unsigned int cpu);
 void cpufreq_frequency_table_put_attr(unsigned int cpu);
 int cpufreq_table_validate_and_show(struct cpufreq_policy *policy,
 				      struct cpufreq_frequency_table *table);
 
+static inline int cpufreq_generic_exit(struct cpufreq_policy *policy)
+{
+	cpufreq_frequency_table_put_attr(policy->cpu);
+	return 0;
+}
+
 #endif /* _LINUX_CPUFREQ_H */