diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/acpi-cpufreq.c b/drivers/cpufreq/acpi-cpufreq.c
index 7b0d49d78c61..22f9b47c5c74 100644
--- a/drivers/cpufreq/acpi-cpufreq.c
+++ b/drivers/cpufreq/acpi-cpufreq.c
@@ -762,6 +762,12 @@ static int acpi_cpufreq_cpu_init(struct cpufreq_policy *policy)
 
 	switch (perf->control_register.space_id) {
 	case ACPI_ADR_SPACE_SYSTEM_IO:
+		if (boot_cpu_data.x86_vendor == X86_VENDOR_AMD &&
+		    boot_cpu_data.x86 == 0xf) {
+			pr_debug("AMD K8 systems must use native drivers.\n");
+			result = -ENODEV;
+			goto err_unreg;
+		}
 		pr_debug("SYSTEM IO addr space\n");
 		data->cpu_feature = SYSTEM_IO_CAPABLE;
 		break;