1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/hwmon/coretemp.c b/drivers/hwmon/coretemp.c
index de8111114f46..6b3ef553bd13 100644
--- a/drivers/hwmon/coretemp.c
+++ b/drivers/hwmon/coretemp.c
@@ -541,16 +541,19 @@ static int __init coretemp_init(void)
                                 " has no thermal sensor.\n", c->x86_model);
                 }
         }
+
+#ifndef CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU
         if (list_empty(&pdev_list)) {
                 err = -ENODEV;
                 goto exit_driver_unreg;
         }
+#endif
 
         register_hotcpu_notifier(&coretemp_cpu_notifier);
         return 0;
 
-exit_driver_unreg:
 #ifndef CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU
+exit_driver_unreg:
         platform_driver_unregister(&coretemp_driver);
 #endif
 exit: