--- /var/portage/sys-power/cpupower/files/init.d-r3
+++ /etc/init.d/cpupower
@@ -7,19 +7,18 @@
 
 change() {
 	local c ret=0 opts="$1"
-	shift
 	if [ -n "$opts" ] ; then
 		ebegin "Running cpupower -c all frequency-set ${opts}"
 			cpupower -c all frequency-set ${opts} >/dev/null 2>&1
 			: $(( ret += $? ))
 		eend ${ret}
 
-		if [ -d ${CPUFREQ_SYSFS} ] && [ $# -gt 0 ] ; then
+		if [ -d ${CPUFREQ_SYSFS} ] && [ -n "${SYSFS_EXTRA}" ] ; then
 			c=1
-			einfo "Setting extra options: $*"
+			einfo "Setting extra options: ${SYSFS_EXTRA}"
 			if cd ${CPUFREQ_SYSFS} ; then
 				local o v
-				for o in "$@" ; do
+				for o in ${SYSFS_EXTRA} ; do
 					v=${o#*=}
 					o=${o%%=*}
 					echo ${v} > ${o} || break
@@ -35,7 +34,7 @@
 }
 
 start() {
-	change "${START_OPTS}" "${SYSFS_EXTRA}"
+	change "${START_OPTS}"
 }
 
 stop() {