diff --git a/drivers/platform/x86/intel/uncore-frequency/uncore-frequency-common.c b/drivers/platform/x86/intel/uncore-frequency/uncore-frequency-common.c
index 3b554418a7a3..4bcafedf68ef 100644
--- a/drivers/platform/x86/intel/uncore-frequency/uncore-frequency-common.c
+++ b/drivers/platform/x86/intel/uncore-frequency/uncore-frequency-common.c
@@ -285,15 +285,20 @@ int uncore_freq_add_entry(struct uncore_data *data, int cpu)
 			  data->package_id, data->die_id);
 	}
 
+	/*
+	 * Set the control CPU before any read path so entry recreation after CPU
+	 * hotplug can populate read-only attributes from the new online CPU.
+	 */
+	data->control_cpu = cpu;
 	uncore_read(data, &data->initial_min_freq_khz, UNCORE_INDEX_MIN_FREQ);
 	uncore_read(data, &data->initial_max_freq_khz, UNCORE_INDEX_MAX_FREQ);
 
 	ret = create_attr_group(data, data->name);
 	if (ret) {
+		data->control_cpu = -1;
 		if (data->domain_id != UNCORE_DOMAIN_ID_INVALID)
 			ida_free(&intel_uncore_ida, data->seqnum_id);
 	} else {
-		data->control_cpu = cpu;
 		data->valid = true;
 	}