diff --git a/drivers/hwmon/coretemp.c b/drivers/hwmon/coretemp.c
index 9bee4d33fbdf..27d88c3a3487 100644
--- a/drivers/hwmon/coretemp.c
+++ b/drivers/hwmon/coretemp.c
@@ -64,7 +64,6 @@ MODULE_PARM_DESC(tjmax, "TjMax value in degrees Celsius");
  * @attr_size:  Total number of pre-core attrs displayed in the sysfs.
  * @is_pkg_data: If this is 1, the temp_data holds pkgtemp data.
  *		Otherwise, temp_data holds coretemp data.
- * @valid: If this is 1, the current temperature is valid.
  */
 struct temp_data {
 	int temp;
@@ -76,7 +75,6 @@ struct temp_data {
 	u32 status_reg;
 	int attr_size;
 	bool is_pkg_data;
-	bool valid;
 	struct sensor_device_attribute sd_attrs[TOTAL_ATTRS];
 	char attr_name[TOTAL_ATTRS][CORETEMP_NAME_LENGTH];
 	struct attribute *attrs[TOTAL_ATTRS + 1];
@@ -157,7 +155,7 @@ static ssize_t show_temp(struct device *dev,
 	mutex_lock(&tdata->update_lock);
 
 	/* Check whether the time interval has elapsed */
-	if (!tdata->valid || time_after(jiffies, tdata->last_updated + HZ)) {
+	if (time_after(jiffies, tdata->last_updated + HZ)) {
 		rdmsr_on_cpu(tdata->cpu, tdata->status_reg, &eax, &edx);
 		/*
 		 * Ignore the valid bit. In all observed cases the register
@@ -166,7 +164,6 @@ static ssize_t show_temp(struct device *dev,
 		 * really help at all.
 		 */
 		tdata->temp = tdata->tjmax - ((eax >> 16) & 0x7f) * 1000;
-		tdata->valid = true;
 		tdata->last_updated = jiffies;
 	}