diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
index 96abdcd99424356226b0b086d1deba38fddc0719..09f333f4df88001d5dd97623b8435ef1a7176824 100644
--- a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
+++ b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
@@ -2455,23 +2455,12 @@ int cpufreq_register_driver(struct cpufreq_driver *driver_data)
 	if (ret)
 		goto err_boost_unreg;
 
-	if (!(cpufreq_driver->flags & CPUFREQ_STICKY)) {
-		int i;
-		ret = -ENODEV;
-
-		/* check for at least one working CPU */
-		for (i = 0; i < nr_cpu_ids; i++)
-			if (cpu_possible(i) && per_cpu(cpufreq_cpu_data, i)) {
-				ret = 0;
-				break;
-			}
-
+	if (!(cpufreq_driver->flags & CPUFREQ_STICKY) &&
+	    list_empty(&cpufreq_policy_list)) {
 		/* if all ->init() calls failed, unregister */
-		if (ret) {
-			pr_debug("no CPU initialized for driver %s\n",
-				 driver_data->name);
-			goto err_if_unreg;
-		}
+		pr_debug("%s: No CPU initialized for driver %s\n", __func__,
+			 driver_data->name);
+		goto err_if_unreg;
 	}
 
 	register_hotcpu_notifier(&cpufreq_cpu_notifier);