diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/ia64-acpi-cpufreq.c b/drivers/cpufreq/ia64-acpi-cpufreq.c
index a757c0a1e7b5..7974a2fdb760 100644
--- a/drivers/cpufreq/ia64-acpi-cpufreq.c
+++ b/drivers/cpufreq/ia64-acpi-cpufreq.c
@@ -270,10 +270,7 @@ acpi_cpufreq_cpu_init (
 		}
 	}
 
-	result = cpufreq_table_validate_and_show(policy, freq_table);
-	if (result) {
-		goto err_freqfree;
-	}
+	policy->freq_table = freq_table;
 
 	/* notify BIOS that we exist */
 	acpi_processor_notify_smm(THIS_MODULE);
@@ -296,8 +293,6 @@ acpi_cpufreq_cpu_init (
 
 	return (result);
 
- err_freqfree:
-	kfree(freq_table);
  err_unreg:
 	acpi_processor_unregister_performance(cpu);
  err_free: