diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq-dt-platdev.c b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq-dt-platdev.c
index 276378a43321..d2637e1a5710 100644
--- a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq-dt-platdev.c
+++ b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq-dt-platdev.c
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@
 #include <linux/of.h>
 #include <linux/platform_device.h>
 
+#include "cpufreq-dt.h"
+
 static const struct of_device_id machines[] __initconst = {
 	{ .compatible = "allwinner,sun4i-a10", },
 	{ .compatible = "allwinner,sun5i-a10s", },
@@ -93,7 +95,8 @@ static int __init cpufreq_dt_platdev_init(void)
 	if (!match)
 		return -ENODEV;
 
-	return PTR_ERR_OR_ZERO(platform_device_register_simple("cpufreq-dt", -1,
-							       NULL, 0));
+	return PTR_ERR_OR_ZERO(platform_device_register_data(NULL, "cpufreq-dt",
+			       -1, match->data,
+			       sizeof(struct cpufreq_dt_platform_data)));
 }
 device_initcall(cpufreq_dt_platdev_init);
diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq-dt.c b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq-dt.c
index 2bd20534155d..5c07ae05d69a 100644
--- a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq-dt.c
+++ b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq-dt.c
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@
 #include <linux/slab.h>
 #include <linux/thermal.h>
 
+#include "cpufreq-dt.h"
+
 struct private_data {
 	struct device *cpu_dev;
 	struct thermal_cooling_device *cdev;
@@ -353,6 +355,7 @@ static struct cpufreq_driver dt_cpufreq_driver = {
 
 static int dt_cpufreq_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 {
+	struct cpufreq_dt_platform_data *data = dev_get_platdata(&pdev->dev);
 	int ret;
 
 	/*
@@ -366,6 +369,9 @@ static int dt_cpufreq_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
 
+	if (data && data->have_governor_per_policy)
+		dt_cpufreq_driver.flags |= CPUFREQ_HAVE_GOVERNOR_PER_POLICY;
+
 	ret = cpufreq_register_driver(&dt_cpufreq_driver);
 	if (ret)
 		dev_err(&pdev->dev, "failed register driver: %d\n", ret);
diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq-dt.h b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq-dt.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..54d774e46c43
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq-dt.h
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2016 Linaro
+ * Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@linaro.org>
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ */
+
+#ifndef __CPUFREQ_DT_H__
+#define __CPUFREQ_DT_H__
+
+#include <linux/types.h>
+
+struct cpufreq_dt_platform_data {
+	bool have_governor_per_policy;
+};
+
+#endif /* __CPUFREQ_DT_H__ */