diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/omap-cpufreq.c b/drivers/cpufreq/omap-cpufreq.c
index 17fa04d08be..b47034e650a 100644
--- a/drivers/cpufreq/omap-cpufreq.c
+++ b/drivers/cpufreq/omap-cpufreq.c
@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@ static int __cpuinit omap_cpu_init(struct cpufreq_policy *policy)
 
 	policy->cur = policy->min = policy->max = omap_getspeed(policy->cpu);
 
-	if (atomic_inc_return(&freq_table_users) == 1)
+	if (!freq_table)
 		result = opp_init_cpufreq_table(mpu_dev, &freq_table);
 
 	if (result) {
@@ -227,6 +227,8 @@ static int __cpuinit omap_cpu_init(struct cpufreq_policy *policy)
 		goto fail_ck;
 	}
 
+	atomic_inc_return(&freq_table_users);
+
 	result = cpufreq_frequency_table_cpuinfo(policy, freq_table);
 	if (result)
 		goto fail_table;