--- cpupower.orig	2013-09-27 17:16:51.569825749 +0200
+++ cpupower	2013-09-27 17:30:10.487500796 +0200
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 # $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo-x86/sys-power/cpupower/files/init.d-r2,v 1.1 2013/09/27 11:31:48 ssuominen Exp $
 
+CPUFREQ_SYSFS=/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpufreq
+
 change() {
 	local c ret=0 opts="$1"
 	shift
@@ -12,10 +14,10 @@
 			: $(( ret += $? ))
 		eend ${ret}
 
-		if [ $# -gt 0 ] ; then
+		if [ -d ${CPUFREQ_SYSFS} ] && [ $# -gt 0 ] ; then
 			c=1
 			einfo "Setting extra options: $*"
-			if cd /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpufreq ; then
+			if cd ${CPUFREQ_SYSFS} ; then
 				local o v
 				for o in "$@" ; do
 					v=${o#*=}