static unsigned int    cpu_is_managed[NR_CPUS];
 
 static DEFINE_MUTEX    (userspace_mutex);
+static int cpus_using_userspace_governor;
 
 #define dprintk(msg...) cpufreq_debug_printk(CPUFREQ_DEBUG_GOVERNOR, "userspace", msg)
 
 {
         struct cpufreq_freqs *freq = data;
 
-       dprintk("saving cpu_cur_freq of cpu %u to be %u kHz\n", freq->cpu, freq->new);
+       if (!cpu_is_managed[freq->cpu])
+               return 0;
+
+       dprintk("saving cpu_cur_freq of cpu %u to be %u kHz\n",
+                       freq->cpu, freq->new);
        cpu_cur_freq[freq->cpu] = freq->new;
 
         return 0;
                if (rc)
                        goto start_out;
 
+               if (cpus_using_userspace_governor == 0) {
+                       cpufreq_register_notifier(
+                                       &userspace_cpufreq_notifier_block,
+                                       CPUFREQ_TRANSITION_NOTIFIER);
+               }
+               cpus_using_userspace_governor++;
+
                cpu_is_managed[cpu] = 1;
                cpu_min_freq[cpu] = policy->min;
                cpu_max_freq[cpu] = policy->max;
                break;
        case CPUFREQ_GOV_STOP:
                mutex_lock(&userspace_mutex);
+               cpus_using_userspace_governor--;
+               if (cpus_using_userspace_governor == 0) {
+                       cpufreq_unregister_notifier(
+                                       &userspace_cpufreq_notifier_block,
+                                       CPUFREQ_TRANSITION_NOTIFIER);
+               }
+
                cpu_is_managed[cpu] = 0;
                cpu_min_freq[cpu] = 0;
                cpu_max_freq[cpu] = 0;
 
 static int __init cpufreq_gov_userspace_init(void)
 {
-       cpufreq_register_notifier(&userspace_cpufreq_notifier_block, CPUFREQ_TRANSITION_NOTIFIER);
        return cpufreq_register_governor(&cpufreq_gov_userspace);
 }
 
 static void __exit cpufreq_gov_userspace_exit(void)
 {
        cpufreq_unregister_governor(&cpufreq_gov_userspace);
-        cpufreq_unregister_notifier(&userspace_cpufreq_notifier_block, CPUFREQ_TRANSITION_NOTIFIER);
 }