diff --git a/etc/defaults/rc.conf b/etc/defaults/rc.conf
index e2a9b9c6e6c..384be74cfcb 100644
--- a/etc/defaults/rc.conf
+++ b/etc/defaults/rc.conf
@@ -474,9 +474,9 @@ devfs_system_ruleset=""	# The name of a ruleset to apply to /dev
 devfs_set_rulesets=""	# A list of /mount/dev=ruleset_name settings to
 			# apply (must be mounted already, i.e. fstab(5))
 performance_cx_lowest="HIGH"		# Online CPU idle state
-performance_cpu_freq="HIGH"		# Online CPU frequency
+performance_cpu_freq="NONE"		# Online CPU frequency
 economy_cx_lowest="HIGH"		# Offline CPU idle state
-economy_cpu_freq="HIGH"			# Offline CPU frequency
+economy_cpu_freq="NONE"			# Offline CPU frequency
 virecover_enable="YES"	# Perform housekeeping for the vi(1) editor
 ugidfw_enable="NO"	# Load mac_bsdextended(4) rules on boot
 bsdextended_script="/etc/rc.bsdextended"	# Default mac_bsdextended(4)
diff --git a/sys/dev/acpica/acpi_throttle.c b/sys/dev/acpica/acpi_throttle.c
index 073b06088c3..105ac1d7d35 100644
--- a/sys/dev/acpica/acpi_throttle.c
+++ b/sys/dev/acpica/acpi_throttle.c
@@ -175,7 +175,8 @@ acpi_throttle_probe(device_t dev)
 	 * Since p4tcc uses the same mechanism (but internal to the CPU),
 	 * we disable acpi_throttle when p4tcc is also present.
 	 */
-	if (device_find_child(device_get_parent(dev), "p4tcc", -1))
+	if (device_find_child(device_get_parent(dev), "p4tcc", -1) &&
+	    !resource_disabled("p4tcc", 0))
 		return (ENXIO);
 
 	device_set_desc(dev, "ACPI CPU Throttling");
@@ -186,6 +187,7 @@ static int
 acpi_throttle_attach(device_t dev)
 {
 	struct acpi_throttle_softc *sc;
+	struct cf_setting set;
 	ACPI_BUFFER buf;
 	ACPI_OBJECT *obj;
 	ACPI_STATUS status;
@@ -217,6 +219,13 @@ acpi_throttle_attach(device_t dev)
 	if (error)
 		return (error);
 
+	/*
+	 * Set our initial frequency to the highest since some systems
+	 * seem to boot with this at the lowest setting.
+	 */
+	set.freq = 10000;
+	acpi_thr_set(dev, &set);
+
 	/* Everything went ok, register with cpufreq(4). */
 	cpufreq_register(dev);
 	return (0);