diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/powernv-cpufreq.c b/drivers/cpufreq/powernv-cpufreq.c
index 5a628f1e2cdf..2dfd4fdb5a52 100644
--- a/drivers/cpufreq/powernv-cpufreq.c
+++ b/drivers/cpufreq/powernv-cpufreq.c
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 #include <linux/cpufreq.h>
 #include <linux/smp.h>
 #include <linux/of.h>
+#include <linux/reboot.h>
 
 #include <asm/cputhreads.h>
 #include <asm/firmware.h>
@@ -35,6 +36,7 @@
 #define POWERNV_MAX_PSTATES	256
 
 static struct cpufreq_frequency_table powernv_freqs[POWERNV_MAX_PSTATES+1];
+static bool rebooting;
 
 /*
  * Note: The set of pstates consists of contiguous integers, the
@@ -283,6 +285,15 @@ static void set_pstate(void *freq_data)
 	set_pmspr(SPRN_PMCR, val);
 }
 
+/*
+ * get_nominal_index: Returns the index corresponding to the nominal
+ * pstate in the cpufreq table
+ */
+static inline unsigned int get_nominal_index(void)
+{
+	return powernv_pstate_info.max - powernv_pstate_info.nominal;
+}
+
 /*
  * powernv_cpufreq_target_index: Sets the frequency corresponding to
  * the cpufreq table entry indexed by new_index on the cpus in the
@@ -293,6 +304,9 @@ static int powernv_cpufreq_target_index(struct cpufreq_policy *policy,
 {
 	struct powernv_smp_call_data freq_data;
 
+	if (unlikely(rebooting) && new_index != get_nominal_index())
+		return 0;
+
 	freq_data.pstate_id = powernv_freqs[new_index].driver_data;
 
 	/*
@@ -317,6 +331,25 @@ static int powernv_cpufreq_cpu_init(struct cpufreq_policy *policy)
 	return cpufreq_table_validate_and_show(policy, powernv_freqs);
 }
 
+static int powernv_cpufreq_reboot_notifier(struct notifier_block *nb,
+				unsigned long action, void *unused)
+{
+	int cpu;
+	struct cpufreq_policy cpu_policy;
+
+	rebooting = true;
+	for_each_online_cpu(cpu) {
+		cpufreq_get_policy(&cpu_policy, cpu);
+		powernv_cpufreq_target_index(&cpu_policy, get_nominal_index());
+	}
+
+	return NOTIFY_DONE;
+}
+
+static struct notifier_block powernv_cpufreq_reboot_nb = {
+	.notifier_call = powernv_cpufreq_reboot_notifier,
+};
+
 static void powernv_cpufreq_stop_cpu(struct cpufreq_policy *policy)
 {
 	struct powernv_smp_call_data freq_data;
@@ -351,12 +384,14 @@ static int __init powernv_cpufreq_init(void)
 		return rc;
 	}
 
+	register_reboot_notifier(&powernv_cpufreq_reboot_nb);
 	return cpufreq_register_driver(&powernv_cpufreq_driver);
 }
 module_init(powernv_cpufreq_init);
 
 static void __exit powernv_cpufreq_exit(void)
 {
+	unregister_reboot_notifier(&powernv_cpufreq_reboot_nb);
 	cpufreq_unregister_driver(&powernv_cpufreq_driver);
 }
 module_exit(powernv_cpufreq_exit);