diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
index 6c633de84dd7..e375235d81c9 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
@@ -5733,13 +5733,13 @@ static int kvmclock_cpu_online(unsigned int cpu)
 
 static void kvm_timer_init(void)
 {
-	int cpu;
-
 	max_tsc_khz = tsc_khz;
 
 	if (!boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_CONSTANT_TSC)) {
 #ifdef CONFIG_CPU_FREQ
 		struct cpufreq_policy policy;
+		int cpu;
+
 		memset(&policy, 0, sizeof(policy));
 		cpu = get_cpu();
 		cpufreq_get_policy(&policy, cpu);