diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
index d6d91e8afa9e..61fe4bbc6dc0 100644
--- a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
+++ b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
@@ -1496,17 +1496,16 @@ static unsigned int __cpufreq_get(struct cpufreq_policy *policy)
 {
 	unsigned int ret_freq = 0;
 
-	if (!cpufreq_driver->get)
+	if (unlikely(policy_is_inactive(policy)) || !cpufreq_driver->get)
 		return ret_freq;
 
 	ret_freq = cpufreq_driver->get(policy->cpu);
 
 	/*
-	 * Updating inactive policies is invalid, so avoid doing that.  Also
-	 * if fast frequency switching is used with the given policy, the check
+	 * If fast frequency switching is used with the given policy, the check
 	 * against policy->cur is pointless, so skip it in that case too.
 	 */
-	if (unlikely(policy_is_inactive(policy)) || policy->fast_switch_enabled)
+	if (policy->fast_switch_enabled)
 		return ret_freq;
 
 	if (ret_freq && policy->cur &&