diff --git a/drivers/acpi/processor_driver.c b/drivers/acpi/processor_driver.c
index 5675d9747e87..deefa8591746 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/processor_driver.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/processor_driver.c
@@ -616,7 +616,8 @@ static int __cpuinit acpi_processor_add(struct acpi_device *device)
 	acpi_processor_get_limit_info(pr);
 
 
-	acpi_processor_power_init(pr, device);
+	if (cpuidle_get_driver() == &acpi_idle_driver)
+		acpi_processor_power_init(pr, device);
 
 	pr->cdev = thermal_cooling_device_register("Processor", device,
 						&processor_cooling_ops);
@@ -920,9 +921,10 @@ static int __init acpi_processor_init(void)
 	if (!acpi_processor_dir)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 #endif
-	result = cpuidle_register_driver(&acpi_idle_driver);
-	if (result < 0)
-		goto out_proc;
+
+	if (!cpuidle_register_driver(&acpi_idle_driver))
+		printk(KERN_DEBUG "ACPI: %s registered with cpuidle\n",
+			acpi_idle_driver.name);
 
 	result = acpi_bus_register_driver(&acpi_processor_driver);
 	if (result < 0)
@@ -941,7 +943,6 @@ static int __init acpi_processor_init(void)
 out_cpuidle:
 	cpuidle_unregister_driver(&acpi_idle_driver);
 
-out_proc:
 #ifdef CONFIG_ACPI_PROCFS
 	remove_proc_entry(ACPI_PROCESSOR_CLASS, acpi_root_dir);
 #endif