diff --git a/drivers/acpi/processor_perflib.c b/drivers/acpi/processor_perflib.c
index 7ba5e49ab302..6fd174a37149 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/processor_perflib.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/processor_perflib.c
@@ -83,10 +83,8 @@ static int acpi_processor_ppc_notifier(struct notifier_block *nb,
 		goto out;
 
 	ppc = (unsigned int)pr->performance_platform_limit;
-	if (!ppc)
-		goto out;
 
-	if (ppc > pr->performance->state_count)
+	if (ppc >= pr->performance->state_count)
 		goto out;
 
 	cpufreq_verify_within_limits(policy, 0,