diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/ppc_cbe_cpufreq.c b/drivers/cpufreq/ppc_cbe_cpufreq.c
index 5a4c5a639f618f01074c5d1c73afa9b0e48352c3..41a0f0be3f9ff12cb38211b3b0eae5ec56880892 100644
--- a/drivers/cpufreq/ppc_cbe_cpufreq.c
+++ b/drivers/cpufreq/ppc_cbe_cpufreq.c
@@ -121,9 +121,8 @@ static int cbe_cpufreq_cpu_init(struct cpufreq_policy *policy)
 	cpumask_copy(policy->cpus, cpu_sibling_mask(policy->cpu));
 #endif
 
-	/* this ensures that policy->cpuinfo_min
-	 * and policy->cpuinfo_max are set correctly */
-	return cpufreq_table_validate_and_show(policy, cbe_freqs);
+	policy->freq_table = cbe_freqs;
+	return 0;
 }
 
 static int cbe_cpufreq_target(struct cpufreq_policy *policy,