diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
index 3dd4884c6f9ef5e609959d26c026606ad85bf1b3..13fb589b6d2ce4c114688f726772aa9b0eab2a75 100644
--- a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
+++ b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
@@ -1073,13 +1073,9 @@ static void handle_update(struct work_struct *work)
 
 static struct cpufreq_policy *cpufreq_policy_alloc(unsigned int cpu)
 {
-	struct device *dev = get_cpu_device(cpu);
 	struct cpufreq_policy *policy;
 	int ret;
 
-	if (WARN_ON(!dev))
-		return NULL;
-
 	policy = kzalloc(sizeof(*policy), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!policy)
 		return NULL;