diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_conservative.c b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_conservative.c
index f967ec6c5720..18da4f8051d3 100644
--- a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_conservative.c
+++ b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_conservative.c
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
 struct cs_policy_dbs_info {
 	struct policy_dbs_info policy_dbs;
 	unsigned int down_skip;
-	unsigned int requested_freq;
 };
 
 static inline struct cs_policy_dbs_info *to_dbs_info(struct policy_dbs_info *policy_dbs)
@@ -75,19 +74,17 @@ static unsigned int cs_dbs_timer(struct cpufreq_policy *policy)
 
 	/* Check for frequency increase */
 	if (load > dbs_data->up_threshold) {
+		unsigned int requested_freq = policy->cur;
+
 		dbs_info->down_skip = 0;
 
 		/* if we are already at full speed then break out early */
-		if (dbs_info->requested_freq == policy->max)
+		if (requested_freq == policy->max)
 			goto out;
 
-		dbs_info->requested_freq += get_freq_target(cs_tuners, policy);
+		requested_freq += get_freq_target(cs_tuners, policy);
 
-		if (dbs_info->requested_freq > policy->max)
-			dbs_info->requested_freq = policy->max;
-
-		__cpufreq_driver_target(policy, dbs_info->requested_freq,
-			CPUFREQ_RELATION_H);
+		__cpufreq_driver_target(policy, requested_freq, CPUFREQ_RELATION_H);
 		goto out;
 	}
 
@@ -98,34 +95,26 @@ static unsigned int cs_dbs_timer(struct cpufreq_policy *policy)
 
 	/* Check for frequency decrease */
 	if (load < cs_tuners->down_threshold) {
-		unsigned int freq_target;
+		unsigned int freq_target, requested_freq = policy->cur;
 		/*
 		 * if we cannot reduce the frequency anymore, break out early
 		 */
-		if (policy->cur == policy->min)
+		if (requested_freq == policy->min)
 			goto out;
 
 		freq_target = get_freq_target(cs_tuners, policy);
-		if (dbs_info->requested_freq > freq_target)
-			dbs_info->requested_freq -= freq_target;
+		if (requested_freq > freq_target)
+			requested_freq -= freq_target;
 		else
-			dbs_info->requested_freq = policy->min;
+			requested_freq = policy->min;
 
-		__cpufreq_driver_target(policy, dbs_info->requested_freq,
-				CPUFREQ_RELATION_L);
+		__cpufreq_driver_target(policy, requested_freq, CPUFREQ_RELATION_L);
 	}
 
  out:
 	return dbs_data->sampling_rate;
 }
 
-static int dbs_cpufreq_notifier(struct notifier_block *nb, unsigned long val,
-				void *data);
-
-static struct notifier_block cs_cpufreq_notifier_block = {
-	.notifier_call = dbs_cpufreq_notifier,
-};
-
 /************************** sysfs interface ************************/
 
 static ssize_t store_sampling_down_factor(struct gov_attr_set *attr_set,
@@ -254,13 +243,6 @@ static struct attribute *cs_attributes[] = {
 
 /************************** sysfs end ************************/
 
-struct cs_governor {
-	struct dbs_governor dbs_gov;
-	unsigned int usage_count;
-};
-
-static struct cs_governor cs_gov;
-
 static struct policy_dbs_info *cs_alloc(void)
 {
 	struct cs_policy_dbs_info *dbs_info;
@@ -292,25 +274,11 @@ static int cs_init(struct dbs_data *dbs_data)
 	dbs_data->min_sampling_rate = MIN_SAMPLING_RATE_RATIO *
 		jiffies_to_usecs(10);
 
-	/*
-	 * This function and cs_exit() are only called under gov_dbs_data_mutex
-	 * which is global, so the cs_gov.usage_count accesses are guaranteed
-	 * to be serialized.
-	 */
-	if (!cs_gov.usage_count++)
-		cpufreq_register_notifier(&cs_cpufreq_notifier_block,
-					  CPUFREQ_TRANSITION_NOTIFIER);
-
 	return 0;
 }
 
 static void cs_exit(struct dbs_data *dbs_data)
 {
-	/* Protected by gov_dbs_data_mutex - see the comment in cs_init(). */
-	if (!--cs_gov.usage_count)
-		cpufreq_unregister_notifier(&cs_cpufreq_notifier_block,
-					    CPUFREQ_TRANSITION_NOTIFIER);
-
 	kfree(dbs_data->tuners);
 }
 
@@ -319,49 +287,20 @@ static void cs_start(struct cpufreq_policy *policy)
 	struct cs_policy_dbs_info *dbs_info = to_dbs_info(policy->governor_data);
 
 	dbs_info->down_skip = 0;
-	dbs_info->requested_freq = policy->cur;
 }
 
-static struct cs_governor cs_gov = {
-	.dbs_gov = {
-		.gov = CPUFREQ_DBS_GOVERNOR_INITIALIZER("conservative"),
-		.kobj_type = { .default_attrs = cs_attributes },
-		.gov_dbs_timer = cs_dbs_timer,
-		.alloc = cs_alloc,
-		.free = cs_free,
-		.init = cs_init,
-		.exit = cs_exit,
-		.start = cs_start,
-	},
+static struct dbs_governor cs_governor = {
+	.gov = CPUFREQ_DBS_GOVERNOR_INITIALIZER("conservative"),
+	.kobj_type = { .default_attrs = cs_attributes },
+	.gov_dbs_timer = cs_dbs_timer,
+	.alloc = cs_alloc,
+	.free = cs_free,
+	.init = cs_init,
+	.exit = cs_exit,
+	.start = cs_start,
 };
 
-#define CPU_FREQ_GOV_CONSERVATIVE	(&cs_gov.dbs_gov.gov)
-
-static int dbs_cpufreq_notifier(struct notifier_block *nb, unsigned long val,
-				void *data)
-{
-	struct cpufreq_freqs *freq = data;
-	struct cpufreq_policy *policy = cpufreq_cpu_get_raw(freq->cpu);
-	struct cs_policy_dbs_info *dbs_info;
-
-	if (!policy)
-		return 0;
-
-	/* policy isn't governed by conservative governor */
-	if (policy->governor != CPU_FREQ_GOV_CONSERVATIVE)
-		return 0;
-
-	dbs_info = to_dbs_info(policy->governor_data);
-	/*
-	 * we only care if our internally tracked freq moves outside the 'valid'
-	 * ranges of frequency available to us otherwise we do not change it
-	*/
-	if (dbs_info->requested_freq > policy->max
-			|| dbs_info->requested_freq < policy->min)
-		dbs_info->requested_freq = freq->new;
-
-	return 0;
-}
+#define CPU_FREQ_GOV_CONSERVATIVE	(&cs_governor.gov)
 
 static int __init cpufreq_gov_dbs_init(void)
 {