};
 
 static struct acpi_cpufreq_data *drv_data[NR_CPUS];
-static struct acpi_processor_performance *acpi_perf_data[NR_CPUS];
+/* acpi_perf_data is a pointer to percpu data. */
+static struct acpi_processor_performance *acpi_perf_data;
 
 static struct cpufreq_driver acpi_cpufreq_driver;
 
  * do _PDC and _PSD and find out the processor dependency for the
  * actual init that will happen later...
  */
-static int acpi_cpufreq_early_init(void)
+static int __init acpi_cpufreq_early_init(void)
 {
-       struct acpi_processor_performance *data;
-       unsigned int i, j;
-
        dprintk("acpi_cpufreq_early_init\n");
 
-       for_each_possible_cpu(i) {
-               data = kzalloc(sizeof(struct acpi_processor_performance),
-                              GFP_KERNEL);
-               if (!data) {
-                       for_each_possible_cpu(j) {
-                               kfree(acpi_perf_data[j]);
-                               acpi_perf_data[j] = NULL;
-                       }
-                       return -ENOMEM;
-               }
-               acpi_perf_data[i] = data;
+       acpi_perf_data = alloc_percpu(struct acpi_processor_performance);
+       if (!acpi_perf_data) {
+               dprintk("Memory allocation error for acpi_perf_data.\n");
+               return -ENOMEM;
        }
 
        /* Do initialization in ACPI core */
 
        dprintk("acpi_cpufreq_cpu_init\n");
 
-       if (!acpi_perf_data[cpu])
-               return -ENODEV;
-
        data = kzalloc(sizeof(struct acpi_cpufreq_data), GFP_KERNEL);
        if (!data)
                return -ENOMEM;
 
-       data->acpi_data = acpi_perf_data[cpu];
+       data->acpi_data = percpu_ptr(acpi_perf_data, cpu);
        drv_data[cpu] = data;
 
        if (cpu_has(c, X86_FEATURE_CONSTANT_TSC))
 
 static int __init acpi_cpufreq_init(void)
 {
+       int ret;
+
        dprintk("acpi_cpufreq_init\n");
 
-       acpi_cpufreq_early_init();
+       ret = acpi_cpufreq_early_init();
+       if (ret)
+               return ret;
 
        return cpufreq_register_driver(&acpi_cpufreq_driver);
 }
 
 static void __exit acpi_cpufreq_exit(void)
 {
-       unsigned int i;
        dprintk("acpi_cpufreq_exit\n");
 
        cpufreq_unregister_driver(&acpi_cpufreq_driver);
 
-       for_each_possible_cpu(i) {
-               kfree(acpi_perf_data[i]);
-               acpi_perf_data[i] = NULL;
-       }
+       free_percpu(acpi_perf_data);
+
        return;
 }
 
 
 }
 
 int acpi_processor_preregister_performance(
-               struct acpi_processor_performance **performance)
+               struct acpi_processor_performance *performance)
 {
        int count, count_target;
        int retval = 0;
                        continue;
                }
 
-               if (!performance || !performance[i]) {
+               if (!performance || !percpu_ptr(performance, i)) {
                        retval = -EINVAL;
                        continue;
                }
 
-               pr->performance = performance[i];
+               pr->performance = percpu_ptr(performance, i);
                cpu_set(i, pr->performance->shared_cpu_map);
                if (acpi_processor_get_psd(pr)) {
                        retval = -EINVAL;