diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/kirkwood-cpufreq.c b/drivers/cpufreq/kirkwood-cpufreq.c
index dc434c44acee1ef7586906848c882c673adf3dde..fff8653c8e9b7087a71a0a885853d7c4cdfd30c0 100644
--- a/drivers/cpufreq/kirkwood-cpufreq.c
+++ b/drivers/cpufreq/kirkwood-cpufreq.c
@@ -120,10 +120,7 @@ static int kirkwood_cpufreq_target(struct cpufreq_policy *policy,
 /* Module init and exit code */
 static int kirkwood_cpufreq_cpu_init(struct cpufreq_policy *policy)
 {
-	/* cpuinfo and default policy values */
-	policy->cpuinfo.transition_latency = 5000; /* 5uS */
-
-	return cpufreq_table_validate_and_show(policy, kirkwood_freq_table);
+	return cpufreq_generic_init(policy, kirkwood_freq_table, 5000);
 }
 
 static struct cpufreq_driver kirkwood_cpufreq_driver = {