diff --git a/drivers/acpi/processor_thermal.c b/drivers/acpi/processor_thermal.c
index 3b599abf2b4..641b5450a0d 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/processor_thermal.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/processor_thermal.c
@@ -57,6 +57,27 @@ ACPI_MODULE_NAME("processor_thermal");
 static DEFINE_PER_CPU(unsigned int, cpufreq_thermal_reduction_pctg);
 static unsigned int acpi_thermal_cpufreq_is_init = 0;
 
+#define reduction_pctg(cpu) \
+	per_cpu(cpufreq_thermal_reduction_pctg, phys_package_first_cpu(cpu))
+
+/*
+ * Emulate "per package data" using per cpu data (which should really be
+ * provided elsewhere)
+ *
+ * Note we can lose a CPU on cpu hotunplug, in this case we forget the state
+ * temporarily. Fortunately that's not a big issue here (I hope)
+ */
+static int phys_package_first_cpu(int cpu)
+{
+	int i;
+	int id = topology_physical_package_id(cpu);
+
+	for_each_online_cpu(i)
+		if (topology_physical_package_id(i) == id)
+			return i;
+	return 0;
+}
+
 static int cpu_has_cpufreq(unsigned int cpu)
 {
 	struct cpufreq_policy policy;
@@ -76,7 +97,7 @@ static int acpi_thermal_cpufreq_notifier(struct notifier_block *nb,
 
 	max_freq = (
 	    policy->cpuinfo.max_freq *
-	    (100 - per_cpu(cpufreq_thermal_reduction_pctg, policy->cpu) * 20)
+	    (100 - reduction_pctg(policy->cpu) * 20)
 	) / 100;
 
 	cpufreq_verify_within_limits(policy, 0, max_freq);
@@ -102,16 +123,28 @@ static int cpufreq_get_cur_state(unsigned int cpu)
 	if (!cpu_has_cpufreq(cpu))
 		return 0;
 
-	return per_cpu(cpufreq_thermal_reduction_pctg, cpu);
+	return reduction_pctg(cpu);
 }
 
 static int cpufreq_set_cur_state(unsigned int cpu, int state)
 {
+	int i;
+
 	if (!cpu_has_cpufreq(cpu))
 		return 0;
 
-	per_cpu(cpufreq_thermal_reduction_pctg, cpu) = state;
-	cpufreq_update_policy(cpu);
+	reduction_pctg(cpu) = state;
+
+	/*
+	 * Update all the CPUs in the same package because they all
+	 * contribute to the temperature and often share the same
+	 * frequency.
+	 */
+	for_each_online_cpu(i) {
+		if (topology_physical_package_id(i) ==
+		    topology_physical_package_id(cpu))
+			cpufreq_update_policy(i);
+	}
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -119,10 +152,6 @@ void acpi_thermal_cpufreq_init(void)
 {
 	int i;
 
-	for (i = 0; i < nr_cpu_ids; i++)
-		if (cpu_present(i))
-			per_cpu(cpufreq_thermal_reduction_pctg, i) = 0;
-
 	i = cpufreq_register_notifier(&acpi_thermal_cpufreq_notifier_block,
 				      CPUFREQ_POLICY_NOTIFIER);
 	if (!i)