diff --git a/tools/include/xenctrl.h b/tools/include/xenctrl.h
index dba33d5d0f..8aedb952a0 100644
--- a/tools/include/xenctrl.h
+++ b/tools/include/xenctrl.h
@@ -1909,16 +1909,20 @@ struct xc_get_cpufreq_para {
     uint32_t cpuinfo_cur_freq;
     uint32_t cpuinfo_max_freq;
     uint32_t cpuinfo_min_freq;
-    uint32_t scaling_cur_freq;
-
-    char scaling_governor[CPUFREQ_NAME_LEN];
-    uint32_t scaling_max_freq;
-    uint32_t scaling_min_freq;
-
-    /* for specific governor */
     union {
-        xc_userspace_t userspace;
-        xc_ondemand_t ondemand;
+        struct {
+            uint32_t scaling_cur_freq;
+
+            char scaling_governor[CPUFREQ_NAME_LEN];
+            uint32_t scaling_max_freq;
+            uint32_t scaling_min_freq;
+
+            /* for specific governor */
+            union {
+                xc_userspace_t userspace;
+                xc_ondemand_t ondemand;
+            } u;
+        } s;
     } u;
 
     int32_t turbo_enabled;
diff --git a/tools/libs/ctrl/xc_pm.c b/tools/libs/ctrl/xc_pm.c
index c3a9864bf7..f92542eaf7 100644
--- a/tools/libs/ctrl/xc_pm.c
+++ b/tools/libs/ctrl/xc_pm.c
@@ -265,15 +265,10 @@ int xc_get_cpufreq_para(xc_interface *xch, int cpuid,
         user_para->cpuinfo_cur_freq = sys_para->cpuinfo_cur_freq;
         user_para->cpuinfo_max_freq = sys_para->cpuinfo_max_freq;
         user_para->cpuinfo_min_freq = sys_para->cpuinfo_min_freq;
-        user_para->scaling_cur_freq = sys_para->scaling_cur_freq;
-        user_para->scaling_max_freq = sys_para->scaling_max_freq;
-        user_para->scaling_min_freq = sys_para->scaling_min_freq;
         user_para->turbo_enabled    = sys_para->turbo_enabled;
 
         memcpy(user_para->scaling_driver,
                 sys_para->scaling_driver, CPUFREQ_NAME_LEN);
-        memcpy(user_para->scaling_governor,
-                sys_para->scaling_governor, CPUFREQ_NAME_LEN);
 
         /* copy to user_para no matter what cpufreq governor */
         BUILD_BUG_ON(sizeof(((struct xc_get_cpufreq_para *)0)->u) !=
diff --git a/tools/misc/xenpm.c b/tools/misc/xenpm.c
index 1bb6187e56..ee8ce5d5f2 100644
--- a/tools/misc/xenpm.c
+++ b/tools/misc/xenpm.c
@@ -730,39 +730,39 @@ static void print_cpufreq_para(int cpuid, struct xc_get_cpufreq_para *p_cpufreq)
     printf("scaling_avail_gov    : %s\n",
            p_cpufreq->scaling_available_governors);
 
-    printf("current_governor     : %s\n", p_cpufreq->scaling_governor);
-    if ( !strncmp(p_cpufreq->scaling_governor,
+    printf("current_governor     : %s\n", p_cpufreq->u.s.scaling_governor);
+    if ( !strncmp(p_cpufreq->u.s.scaling_governor,
                   "userspace", CPUFREQ_NAME_LEN) )
     {
         printf("  userspace specific :\n");
         printf("    scaling_setspeed : %u\n",
-               p_cpufreq->u.userspace.scaling_setspeed);
+               p_cpufreq->u.s.u.userspace.scaling_setspeed);
     }
-    else if ( !strncmp(p_cpufreq->scaling_governor,
+    else if ( !strncmp(p_cpufreq->u.s.scaling_governor,
                        "ondemand", CPUFREQ_NAME_LEN) )
     {
         printf("  ondemand specific  :\n");
         printf("    sampling_rate    : max [%u] min [%u] cur [%u]\n",
-               p_cpufreq->u.ondemand.sampling_rate_max,
-               p_cpufreq->u.ondemand.sampling_rate_min,
-               p_cpufreq->u.ondemand.sampling_rate);
+               p_cpufreq->u.s.u.ondemand.sampling_rate_max,
+               p_cpufreq->u.s.u.ondemand.sampling_rate_min,
+               p_cpufreq->u.s.u.ondemand.sampling_rate);
         printf("    up_threshold     : %u\n",
-               p_cpufreq->u.ondemand.up_threshold);
+               p_cpufreq->u.s.u.ondemand.up_threshold);
     }
 
     printf("scaling_avail_freq   :");
     for ( i = 0; i < p_cpufreq->freq_num; i++ )
         if ( p_cpufreq->scaling_available_frequencies[i] ==
-             p_cpufreq->scaling_cur_freq )
+             p_cpufreq->u.s.scaling_cur_freq )
             printf(" *%d", p_cpufreq->scaling_available_frequencies[i]);
         else
             printf(" %d", p_cpufreq->scaling_available_frequencies[i]);
     printf("\n");
 
     printf("scaling frequency    : max [%u] min [%u] cur [%u]\n",
-           p_cpufreq->scaling_max_freq,
-           p_cpufreq->scaling_min_freq,
-           p_cpufreq->scaling_cur_freq);
+           p_cpufreq->u.s.scaling_max_freq,
+           p_cpufreq->u.s.scaling_min_freq,
+           p_cpufreq->u.s.scaling_cur_freq);
 
     printf("turbo mode           : %s\n",
            p_cpufreq->turbo_enabled ? "enabled" : "disabled or n/a");
diff --git a/xen/drivers/acpi/pmstat.c b/xen/drivers/acpi/pmstat.c
index 1bae635101..f5a9ac3f1a 100644
--- a/xen/drivers/acpi/pmstat.c
+++ b/xen/drivers/acpi/pmstat.c
@@ -258,37 +258,38 @@ static int get_cpufreq_para(struct xen_sysctl_pm_op *op)
         cpufreq_driver.get ? cpufreq_driver.get(op->cpuid) : policy->cur;
     op->u.get_para.cpuinfo_max_freq = policy->cpuinfo.max_freq;
     op->u.get_para.cpuinfo_min_freq = policy->cpuinfo.min_freq;
-    op->u.get_para.scaling_cur_freq = policy->cur;
-    op->u.get_para.scaling_max_freq = policy->max;
-    op->u.get_para.scaling_min_freq = policy->min;
+
+    op->u.get_para.u.s.scaling_cur_freq = policy->cur;
+    op->u.get_para.u.s.scaling_max_freq = policy->max;
+    op->u.get_para.u.s.scaling_min_freq = policy->min;
 
     if ( cpufreq_driver.name[0] )
-        strlcpy(op->u.get_para.scaling_driver, 
+        strlcpy(op->u.get_para.scaling_driver,
             cpufreq_driver.name, CPUFREQ_NAME_LEN);
     else
         strlcpy(op->u.get_para.scaling_driver, "Unknown", CPUFREQ_NAME_LEN);
 
     if ( policy->governor->name[0] )
-        strlcpy(op->u.get_para.scaling_governor, 
+        strlcpy(op->u.get_para.u.s.scaling_governor,
             policy->governor->name, CPUFREQ_NAME_LEN);
     else
-        strlcpy(op->u.get_para.scaling_governor, "Unknown", CPUFREQ_NAME_LEN);
+        strlcpy(op->u.get_para.u.s.scaling_governor, "Unknown", CPUFREQ_NAME_LEN);
 
     /* governor specific para */
-    if ( !strncasecmp(op->u.get_para.scaling_governor,
+    if ( !strncasecmp(op->u.get_para.u.s.scaling_governor,
                       "userspace", CPUFREQ_NAME_LEN) )
     {
-        op->u.get_para.u.userspace.scaling_setspeed = policy->cur;
+        op->u.get_para.u.s.u.userspace.scaling_setspeed = policy->cur;
     }
 
-    if ( !strncasecmp(op->u.get_para.scaling_governor,
+    if ( !strncasecmp(op->u.get_para.u.s.scaling_governor,
                       "ondemand", CPUFREQ_NAME_LEN) )
     {
         ret = get_cpufreq_ondemand_para(
-            &op->u.get_para.u.ondemand.sampling_rate_max,
-            &op->u.get_para.u.ondemand.sampling_rate_min,
-            &op->u.get_para.u.ondemand.sampling_rate,
-            &op->u.get_para.u.ondemand.up_threshold);
+            &op->u.get_para.u.s.u.ondemand.sampling_rate_max,
+            &op->u.get_para.u.s.u.ondemand.sampling_rate_min,
+            &op->u.get_para.u.s.u.ondemand.sampling_rate,
+            &op->u.get_para.u.s.u.ondemand.up_threshold);
     }
     op->u.get_para.turbo_enabled = cpufreq_get_turbo_status(op->cpuid);
 
diff --git a/xen/include/public/sysctl.h b/xen/include/public/sysctl.h
index 9d06e92d0f..bdcea99d71 100644
--- a/xen/include/public/sysctl.h
+++ b/xen/include/public/sysctl.h
@@ -317,16 +317,20 @@ struct xen_get_cpufreq_para {
     uint32_t cpuinfo_cur_freq;
     uint32_t cpuinfo_max_freq;
     uint32_t cpuinfo_min_freq;
-    uint32_t scaling_cur_freq;
-
-    char scaling_governor[CPUFREQ_NAME_LEN];
-    uint32_t scaling_max_freq;
-    uint32_t scaling_min_freq;
-
-    /* for specific governor */
     union {
-        struct  xen_userspace userspace;
-        struct  xen_ondemand ondemand;
+        struct {
+            uint32_t scaling_cur_freq;
+
+            char scaling_governor[CPUFREQ_NAME_LEN];
+            uint32_t scaling_max_freq;
+            uint32_t scaling_min_freq;
+
+            /* for specific governor */
+            union {
+                struct  xen_userspace userspace;
+                struct  xen_ondemand ondemand;
+            } u;
+        } s;
     } u;
 
     int32_t turbo_enabled;
