diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
index 85df5387bc61..f552d5fe0f8f 100644
--- a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
+++ b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
@@ -1511,12 +1511,14 @@ int __cpufreq_driver_getavg(struct cpufreq_policy *policy, unsigned int cpu)
 {
 	int ret = 0;
 
+	if (!(cpu_online(cpu) && cpufreq_driver->getavg))
+		return 0;
+
 	policy = cpufreq_cpu_get(policy->cpu);
 	if (!policy)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	if (cpu_online(cpu) && cpufreq_driver->getavg)
-		ret = cpufreq_driver->getavg(policy, cpu);
+	ret = cpufreq_driver->getavg(policy, cpu);
 
 	cpufreq_cpu_put(policy);
 	return ret;