diff --git a/drivers/acpi/processor_perflib.c b/drivers/acpi/processor_perflib.c
index f0b4a981b8d38250f4954b7ef26d2edba5c8b2e1..18b72eec350764813dcde187cdd665e3d21ba191 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/processor_perflib.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/processor_perflib.c
@@ -75,10 +75,8 @@ static int acpi_processor_ppc_notifier(struct notifier_block *nb,
 	struct acpi_processor *pr;
 	unsigned int ppc = 0;
 
-	if (event == CPUFREQ_START && ignore_ppc <= 0) {
+	if (ignore_ppc < 0)
 		ignore_ppc = 0;
-		return 0;
-	}
 
 	if (ignore_ppc)
 		return 0;