diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/powernow-k6.c b/drivers/cpufreq/powernow-k6.c
index ff05d284e48e..eda17024a34a 100644
--- a/drivers/cpufreq/powernow-k6.c
+++ b/drivers/cpufreq/powernow-k6.c
@@ -151,7 +151,6 @@ static int powernow_k6_cpu_init(struct cpufreq_policy *policy)
 
 	/* cpuinfo and default policy values */
 	policy->cpuinfo.transition_latency = 200000;
-	policy->cur = busfreq * max_multiplier;
 
 	return cpufreq_table_validate_and_show(policy, clock_ratio);
 }
diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/powernow-k7.c b/drivers/cpufreq/powernow-k7.c
index 14cd98f5a096..44d345bad6fb 100644
--- a/drivers/cpufreq/powernow-k7.c
+++ b/drivers/cpufreq/powernow-k7.c
@@ -673,8 +673,6 @@ static int powernow_cpu_init(struct cpufreq_policy *policy)
 	policy->cpuinfo.transition_latency =
 		cpufreq_scale(2000000UL, fsb, latency);
 
-	policy->cur = powernow_get(0);
-
 	return cpufreq_table_validate_and_show(policy, powernow_table);
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/powernow-k8.c b/drivers/cpufreq/powernow-k8.c
index 1e6f68af87a4..298beb742ebb 100644
--- a/drivers/cpufreq/powernow-k8.c
+++ b/drivers/cpufreq/powernow-k8.c
@@ -1141,9 +1141,6 @@ static int powernowk8_cpu_init(struct cpufreq_policy *pol)
 	cpumask_copy(pol->cpus, cpu_core_mask(pol->cpu));
 	data->available_cores = pol->cpus;
 
-	pol->cur = find_khz_freq_from_fid(data->currfid);
-	pr_debug("policy current frequency %d kHz\n", pol->cur);
-
 	/* min/max the cpu is capable of */
 	if (cpufreq_table_validate_and_show(pol, data->powernow_table)) {
 		printk(KERN_ERR FW_BUG PFX "invalid powernow_table\n");