diff --git a/Documentation/cpu-freq/cpu-drivers.rst b/Documentation/cpu-freq/cpu-drivers.rst
index d84ededb66f9..3b32336a7803 100644
--- a/Documentation/cpu-freq/cpu-drivers.rst
+++ b/Documentation/cpu-freq/cpu-drivers.rst
@@ -75,9 +75,6 @@ And optionally
  .resume - A pointer to a per-policy resume function which is called
  with interrupts disabled and _before_ the governor is started again.
 
- .ready - A pointer to a per-policy ready function which is called after
- the policy is fully initialized.
-
  .attr - A pointer to a NULL-terminated list of "struct freq_attr" which
  allow to export values to sysfs.
 
diff --git a/Documentation/translations/zh_CN/cpu-freq/cpu-drivers.rst b/Documentation/translations/zh_CN/cpu-freq/cpu-drivers.rst
index 5ae9cfa2ec55..334f30ae198b 100644
--- a/Documentation/translations/zh_CN/cpu-freq/cpu-drivers.rst
+++ b/Documentation/translations/zh_CN/cpu-freq/cpu-drivers.rst
@@ -80,8 +80,6 @@ CPUfreq核心层注册一个cpufreq_driver结构体。
  .resume - 一个指向per-policy恢复函数的指针，该函数在关中断且在调节器再一次开始前被
  调用。
 
- .ready - 一个指向per-policy准备函数的指针，该函数在策略完全初始化之后被调用。
-
  .attr - 一个指向NULL结尾的"struct freq_attr"列表的指针，该函数允许导出值到
  sysfs。
 
diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
index 7d5f170ecad1..5782b15a8caa 100644
--- a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
+++ b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
@@ -1517,10 +1517,6 @@ static int cpufreq_online(unsigned int cpu)
 
 	kobject_uevent(&policy->kobj, KOBJ_ADD);
 
-	/* Callback for handling stuff after policy is ready */
-	if (cpufreq_driver->ready)
-		cpufreq_driver->ready(policy);
-
 	if (cpufreq_thermal_control_enabled(cpufreq_driver))
 		policy->cdev = of_cpufreq_cooling_register(policy);
 
diff --git a/include/linux/cpufreq.h b/include/linux/cpufreq.h
index c65a1d7385f8..fe6acc04e5e5 100644
--- a/include/linux/cpufreq.h
+++ b/include/linux/cpufreq.h
@@ -367,9 +367,6 @@ struct cpufreq_driver {
 	int		(*suspend)(struct cpufreq_policy *policy);
 	int		(*resume)(struct cpufreq_policy *policy);
 
-	/* Will be called after the driver is fully initialized */
-	void		(*ready)(struct cpufreq_policy *policy);
-
 	struct freq_attr **attr;
 
 	/* platform specific boost support code */