diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/smp_twd.c b/arch/arm/kernel/smp_twd.c
index 4285daa077b0..7a79b24597b2 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/smp_twd.c
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/smp_twd.c
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ static struct notifier_block twd_cpufreq_nb = {
 
 static int twd_cpufreq_init(void)
 {
-	if (!IS_ERR(twd_clk))
+	if (twd_evt && *__this_cpu_ptr(twd_evt) && !IS_ERR(twd_clk))
 		return cpufreq_register_notifier(&twd_cpufreq_nb,
 			CPUFREQ_TRANSITION_NOTIFIER);