diff --git a/arch/i386/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/powernow-k8.c b/arch/i386/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/powernow-k8.c
index 7c0e160a214503e44a8209fc000900e23b5b9010..30bb6fd5b2b268762faea09b5b9969e0fda47c44 100644
--- a/arch/i386/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/powernow-k8.c
+++ b/arch/i386/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/powernow-k8.c
@@ -1106,9 +1106,6 @@ static unsigned int powernowk8_get (unsigned int cpu)
 
 	data = powernow_data[first_cpu(cpu_core_map[cpu])];
 
-	if (!data)
-		return -EINVAL;
-
 	if (!data)
 		return -EINVAL;