diff --git a/marvell/linux/tools/lib/api/cpu.c b/marvell/linux/tools/lib/api/cpu.c
new file mode 100644
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+++ b/marvell/linux/tools/lib/api/cpu.c
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+#include <stdio.h>
+
+#include "cpu.h"
+#include "fs/fs.h"
+
+int cpu__get_max_freq(unsigned long long *freq)
+{
+	char entry[PATH_MAX];
+	int cpu;
+
+	if (sysfs__read_int("devices/system/cpu/online", &cpu) < 0)
+		return -1;
+
+	snprintf(entry, sizeof(entry),
+		 "devices/system/cpu/cpu%d/cpufreq/cpuinfo_max_freq", cpu);
+
+	return sysfs__read_ull(entry, freq);
+}