diff --git a/Documentation/cpu-freq/cpu-drivers.rst b/Documentation/cpu-freq/cpu-drivers.rst
index a697278ce19034e87a806912418ecb93379273d5..74fac797c3969bac4a27b2981356f536653c8e2f 100644
--- a/Documentation/cpu-freq/cpu-drivers.rst
+++ b/Documentation/cpu-freq/cpu-drivers.rst
@@ -71,9 +71,6 @@ And optionally
  .exit - A pointer to a per-policy cleanup function called during
  CPU_POST_DEAD phase of cpu hotplug process.
 
- .stop_cpu - A pointer to a per-policy stop function called during
- CPU_DOWN_PREPARE phase of cpu hotplug process.
-
  .suspend - A pointer to a per-policy suspend function which is called
  with interrupts disabled and _after_ the governor is stopped for the
  policy.
diff --git a/Documentation/translations/zh_CN/cpu-freq/cpu-drivers.rst b/Documentation/translations/zh_CN/cpu-freq/cpu-drivers.rst
index 0ca2cb64666609f534e5c5d932d2c2b3f7b5a0f6..9570e9c9e939765a3f2836eb2b4f219801f38f19 100644
--- a/Documentation/translations/zh_CN/cpu-freq/cpu-drivers.rst
+++ b/Documentation/translations/zh_CN/cpu-freq/cpu-drivers.rst
@@ -76,9 +76,6 @@ CPUfreq核心层注册一个cpufreq_driver结构体。
  .exit - 一个指向per-policy清理函数的指针，该函数在cpu热插拔过程的CPU_POST_DEAD
  阶段被调用。
 
- .stop_cpu - 一个指向per-policy停止函数的指针，该函数在cpu热插拔过程的CPU_DOWN_PREPARE
- 阶段被调用。
-
  .suspend - 一个指向per-policy暂停函数的指针，该函数在关中断且在该策略的调节器停止
  后被调用。
 
diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
index cbab834c37a039ff5aac5134dff98a16bbd68675..5e4b5316d254a431e606c001fcacf794cae04204 100644
--- a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
+++ b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
@@ -1606,9 +1606,6 @@ static int cpufreq_offline(unsigned int cpu)
 		policy->cdev = NULL;
 	}
 
-	if (cpufreq_driver->stop_cpu)
-		cpufreq_driver->stop_cpu(policy);
-
 	if (has_target())
 		cpufreq_exit_governor(policy);
 
diff --git a/include/linux/cpufreq.h b/include/linux/cpufreq.h
index 353969c7acd35d2aaa9f7be543013603a1d998ae..2e2267a365026aab650fc803356c2cd98a463716 100644
--- a/include/linux/cpufreq.h
+++ b/include/linux/cpufreq.h
@@ -371,7 +371,6 @@ struct cpufreq_driver {
 	int		(*online)(struct cpufreq_policy *policy);
 	int		(*offline)(struct cpufreq_policy *policy);
 	int		(*exit)(struct cpufreq_policy *policy);
-	void		(*stop_cpu)(struct cpufreq_policy *policy);
 	int		(*suspend)(struct cpufreq_policy *policy);
 	int		(*resume)(struct cpufreq_policy *policy);