diff --git a/tools/power/cpupower/lib/cpufreq.c b/tools/power/cpupower/lib/cpufreq.c
index c3b56db8b921..1516d23c17c9 100644
--- a/tools/power/cpupower/lib/cpufreq.c
+++ b/tools/power/cpupower/lib/cpufreq.c
@@ -83,20 +83,21 @@ static const char *cpufreq_value_files[MAX_CPUFREQ_VALUE_READ_FILES] = {
 	[STATS_NUM_TRANSITIONS] = "stats/total_trans"
 };
 
-
-static unsigned long sysfs_cpufreq_get_one_value(unsigned int cpu,
-						 enum cpufreq_value which)
+unsigned long cpufreq_get_sysfs_value_from_table(unsigned int cpu,
+						 const char **table,
+						 unsigned int index,
+						 unsigned int size)
 {
 	unsigned long value;
 	unsigned int len;
 	char linebuf[MAX_LINE_LEN];
 	char *endp;
 
-	if (which >= MAX_CPUFREQ_VALUE_READ_FILES)
+	if (!table || index >= size || !table[index])
 		return 0;
 
-	len = sysfs_cpufreq_read_file(cpu, cpufreq_value_files[which],
-				linebuf, sizeof(linebuf));
+	len = sysfs_cpufreq_read_file(cpu, table[index], linebuf,
+				      sizeof(linebuf));
 
 	if (len == 0)
 		return 0;
@@ -109,6 +110,14 @@ static unsigned long sysfs_cpufreq_get_one_value(unsigned int cpu,
 	return value;
 }
 
+static unsigned long sysfs_cpufreq_get_one_value(unsigned int cpu,
+						 enum cpufreq_value which)
+{
+	return cpufreq_get_sysfs_value_from_table(cpu, cpufreq_value_files,
+						  which,
+						  MAX_CPUFREQ_VALUE_READ_FILES);
+}
+
 /* read access to files which contain one string */
 
 enum cpufreq_string {
@@ -124,7 +133,7 @@ static const char *cpufreq_string_files[MAX_CPUFREQ_STRING_FILES] = {
 
 
 static char *sysfs_cpufreq_get_one_string(unsigned int cpu,
-					   enum cpufreq_string which)
+					  enum cpufreq_string which)
 {
 	char linebuf[MAX_LINE_LEN];
 	char *result;
diff --git a/tools/power/cpupower/lib/cpufreq.h b/tools/power/cpupower/lib/cpufreq.h
index 95f4fd9e2656..2f3c84035806 100644
--- a/tools/power/cpupower/lib/cpufreq.h
+++ b/tools/power/cpupower/lib/cpufreq.h
@@ -203,6 +203,18 @@ int cpufreq_modify_policy_governor(unsigned int cpu, char *governor);
 int cpufreq_set_frequency(unsigned int cpu,
 				unsigned long target_frequency);
 
+/*
+ * get the sysfs value from specific table
+ *
+ * Read the value with the sysfs file name from specific table. Does
+ * only work if the cpufreq driver has the specific sysfs interfaces.
+ */
+
+unsigned long cpufreq_get_sysfs_value_from_table(unsigned int cpu,
+						 const char **table,
+						 unsigned int index,
+						 unsigned int size);
+
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 }
 #endif