diff --git a/drivers/thermal/imx_thermal.c b/drivers/thermal/imx_thermal.c
index 461bf3d033a0..0e35999ad8b2 100644
--- a/drivers/thermal/imx_thermal.c
+++ b/drivers/thermal/imx_thermal.c
@@ -459,6 +459,10 @@ static int imx_thermal_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	int measure_freq;
 	int ret;
 
+	if (!cpufreq_get_current_driver()) {
+		dev_dbg(&pdev->dev, "no cpufreq driver!");
+		return -EPROBE_DEFER;
+	}
 	data = devm_kzalloc(&pdev->dev, sizeof(*data), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!data)
 		return -ENOMEM;