diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/cppc_cpufreq.c b/drivers/cpufreq/cppc_cpufreq.c
index 022e3555407c..05642759faee 100644
--- a/drivers/cpufreq/cppc_cpufreq.c
+++ b/drivers/cpufreq/cppc_cpufreq.c
@@ -849,13 +849,13 @@ static unsigned int cppc_cpufreq_get_rate(unsigned int cpu)
 
 	ret = cppc_get_perf_ctrs(cpu, &fb_ctrs_t0);
 	if (ret)
-		return ret;
+		return 0;
 
 	udelay(2); /* 2usec delay between sampling */
 
 	ret = cppc_get_perf_ctrs(cpu, &fb_ctrs_t1);
 	if (ret)
-		return ret;
+		return 0;
 
 	delivered_perf = cppc_perf_from_fbctrs(cpu_data, &fb_ctrs_t0,
 					       &fb_ctrs_t1);
diff --git a/include/linux/cpufreq.h b/include/linux/cpufreq.h
index 172ff51c1b2a..99da27466b8f 100644
--- a/include/linux/cpufreq.h
+++ b/include/linux/cpufreq.h
@@ -370,7 +370,7 @@ struct cpufreq_driver {
 	int		(*target_intermediate)(struct cpufreq_policy *policy,
 					       unsigned int index);
 
-	/* should be defined, if possible */
+	/* should be defined, if possible, return 0 on error */
 	unsigned int	(*get)(unsigned int cpu);
 
 	/* Called to update policy limits on firmware notifications. */