1 files changed, 0 insertions, 7 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
index 25c4c15103a0..8701dc559850 100644
--- a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
+++ b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
@@ -843,18 +843,11 @@ static ssize_t store(struct kobject *kobj, struct attribute *attr,
 
         down_write(&policy->rwsem);
 
-        /* Updating inactive policies is invalid, so avoid doing that. */
-        if (unlikely(policy_is_inactive(policy))) {
-                ret = -EBUSY;
-                goto unlock_policy_rwsem;
-        }
-
         if (fattr->store)
                 ret = fattr->store(policy, buf, count);
         else
                 ret = -EIO;
 
-unlock_policy_rwsem:
         up_write(&policy->rwsem);
 unlock:
         put_online_cpus();