diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/sa1100-cpufreq.c b/drivers/cpufreq/sa1100-cpufreq.c
index a1d1bb72bac4122efe5492a4cfec8886c7f7042c..b282cea47e628d67551c2366b0d494dda781cff7 100644
--- a/drivers/cpufreq/sa1100-cpufreq.c
+++ b/drivers/cpufreq/sa1100-cpufreq.c
@@ -218,11 +218,7 @@ static int sa1100_target(struct cpufreq_policy *policy,
 
 static int __init sa1100_cpu_init(struct cpufreq_policy *policy)
 {
-	if (policy->cpu != 0)
-		return -EINVAL;
-	policy->cpuinfo.transition_latency = CPUFREQ_ETERNAL;
-
-	return cpufreq_table_validate_and_show(policy, sa11x0_freq_table);
+	return cpufreq_generic_init(policy, sa11x0_freq_table, CPUFREQ_ETERNAL);
 }
 
 static struct cpufreq_driver sa1100_driver __refdata = {
diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/sa1110-cpufreq.c b/drivers/cpufreq/sa1110-cpufreq.c
index 9da940e66b7ecd5295db55d0ca372bc7ec47ec96..bca04c0b4a734369ef5281a6acebb575a2940da1 100644
--- a/drivers/cpufreq/sa1110-cpufreq.c
+++ b/drivers/cpufreq/sa1110-cpufreq.c
@@ -332,11 +332,7 @@ static int sa1110_target(struct cpufreq_policy *policy,
 
 static int __init sa1110_cpu_init(struct cpufreq_policy *policy)
 {
-	if (policy->cpu != 0)
-		return -EINVAL;
-	policy->cpuinfo.transition_latency = CPUFREQ_ETERNAL;
-
-	return cpufreq_table_validate_and_show(policy, sa11x0_freq_table);
+	return cpufreq_generic_init(policy, sa11x0_freq_table, CPUFREQ_ETERNAL);
 }
 
 /* sa1110_driver needs __refdata because it must remain after init registers