diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/ppc-corenet-cpufreq.c b/drivers/cpufreq/ppc-corenet-cpufreq.c
index 3607070797af307f959d0f413a2497acd262ba95..bee5df7794d33d1078116c8ac2f3618075230c8c 100644
--- a/drivers/cpufreq/ppc-corenet-cpufreq.c
+++ b/drivers/cpufreq/ppc-corenet-cpufreq.c
@@ -199,7 +199,6 @@ static int corenet_cpufreq_cpu_init(struct cpufreq_policy *policy)
 	}
 
 	data->table = table;
-	per_cpu(cpu_data, cpu) = data;
 
 	/* update ->cpus if we have cluster, no harm if not */
 	cpumask_copy(policy->cpus, per_cpu(cpu_mask, cpu));