diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
index e98035dc2265cc483e80265c6a4b7e7596804b9e..480c49c71afec6661ab9ddb7e3729e54f8af8fd7 100644
--- a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
+++ b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
@@ -1770,7 +1770,7 @@ int cpufreq_update_policy(unsigned int cpu)
 			pr_debug("Driver did not initialize current freq");
 			data->cur = policy.cur;
 		} else {
-			if (data->cur != policy.cur)
+			if (data->cur != policy.cur && cpufreq_driver->target)
 				cpufreq_out_of_sync(cpu, data->cur,
 								policy.cur);
 		}