diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/cpu.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/cpu.h
index 86e5e4e26fcb..e89772dc17f1 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/cpu.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/cpu.h
@@ -36,6 +36,8 @@ extern int _debug_hotplug_cpu(int cpu, int action);
 #endif
 #endif
 
+extern void ap_init_aperfmperf(void);
+
 int mwait_usable(const struct cpuinfo_x86 *);
 
 unsigned int x86_family(unsigned int sig);
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/topology.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/topology.h
index cc317077e73e..1b2553dd3c64 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/topology.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/topology.h
@@ -217,13 +217,9 @@ extern void arch_scale_freq_tick(void);
 
 extern void arch_set_max_freq_ratio(bool turbo_disabled);
 extern void freq_invariance_set_perf_ratio(u64 ratio, bool turbo_disabled);
-extern void bp_init_freq_invariance(void);
-extern void ap_init_freq_invariance(void);
 #else
 static inline void arch_set_max_freq_ratio(bool turbo_disabled) { }
 static inline void freq_invariance_set_perf_ratio(u64 ratio, bool turbo_disabled) { }
-static inline void bp_init_freq_invariance(void) { }
-static inline void ap_init_freq_invariance(void) { }
 #endif
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_ACPI_CPPC_LIB
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/aperfmperf.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/aperfmperf.c
index 6220503af26a..df528a4f6de3 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/aperfmperf.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/aperfmperf.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 #include <linux/smp.h>
 #include <linux/syscore_ops.h>
 
+#include <asm/cpu.h>
 #include <asm/cpu_device_id.h>
 #include <asm/intel-family.h>
 
@@ -164,6 +165,17 @@ unsigned int arch_freq_get_on_cpu(int cpu)
 	return per_cpu(samples.khz, cpu);
 }
 
+static void init_counter_refs(void)
+{
+	u64 aperf, mperf;
+
+	rdmsrl(MSR_IA32_APERF, aperf);
+	rdmsrl(MSR_IA32_MPERF, mperf);
+
+	this_cpu_write(cpu_samples.aperf, aperf);
+	this_cpu_write(cpu_samples.mperf, mperf);
+}
+
 #if defined(CONFIG_X86_64) && defined(CONFIG_SMP)
 /*
  * APERF/MPERF frequency ratio computation.
@@ -405,17 +417,6 @@ out:
 	return true;
 }
 
-static void init_counter_refs(void)
-{
-	u64 aperf, mperf;
-
-	rdmsrl(MSR_IA32_APERF, aperf);
-	rdmsrl(MSR_IA32_MPERF, mperf);
-
-	this_cpu_write(cpu_samples.aperf, aperf);
-	this_cpu_write(cpu_samples.mperf, mperf);
-}
-
 #ifdef CONFIG_PM_SLEEP
 static struct syscore_ops freq_invariance_syscore_ops = {
 	.resume = init_counter_refs,
@@ -447,13 +448,8 @@ void freq_invariance_set_perf_ratio(u64 ratio, bool turbo_disabled)
 	freq_invariance_enable();
 }
 
-void __init bp_init_freq_invariance(void)
+static void __init bp_init_freq_invariance(void)
 {
-	if (!cpu_feature_enabled(X86_FEATURE_APERFMPERF))
-		return;
-
-	init_counter_refs();
-
 	if (boot_cpu_data.x86_vendor != X86_VENDOR_INTEL)
 		return;
 
@@ -461,12 +457,6 @@ void __init bp_init_freq_invariance(void)
 		freq_invariance_enable();
 }
 
-void ap_init_freq_invariance(void)
-{
-	if (cpu_feature_enabled(X86_FEATURE_APERFMPERF))
-		init_counter_refs();
-}
-
 static void disable_freq_invariance_workfn(struct work_struct *work)
 {
 	static_branch_disable(&arch_scale_freq_key);
@@ -481,6 +471,9 @@ static void scale_freq_tick(u64 acnt, u64 mcnt)
 {
 	u64 freq_scale;
 
+	if (!arch_scale_freq_invariant())
+		return;
+
 	if (check_shl_overflow(acnt, 2*SCHED_CAPACITY_SHIFT, &acnt))
 		goto error;
 
@@ -501,13 +494,17 @@ error:
 	pr_warn("Scheduler frequency invariance went wobbly, disabling!\n");
 	schedule_work(&disable_freq_invariance_work);
 }
+#else
+static inline void bp_init_freq_invariance(void) { }
+static inline void scale_freq_tick(u64 acnt, u64 mcnt) { }
+#endif /* CONFIG_X86_64 && CONFIG_SMP */
 
 void arch_scale_freq_tick(void)
 {
 	struct aperfmperf *s = this_cpu_ptr(&cpu_samples);
 	u64 acnt, mcnt, aperf, mperf;
 
-	if (!arch_scale_freq_invariant())
+	if (!cpu_feature_enabled(X86_FEATURE_APERFMPERF))
 		return;
 
 	rdmsrl(MSR_IA32_APERF, aperf);
@@ -520,4 +517,20 @@ void arch_scale_freq_tick(void)
 
 	scale_freq_tick(acnt, mcnt);
 }
-#endif /* CONFIG_X86_64 && CONFIG_SMP */
+
+static int __init bp_init_aperfmperf(void)
+{
+	if (!cpu_feature_enabled(X86_FEATURE_APERFMPERF))
+		return 0;
+
+	init_counter_refs();
+	bp_init_freq_invariance();
+	return 0;
+}
+early_initcall(bp_init_aperfmperf);
+
+void ap_init_aperfmperf(void)
+{
+	if (cpu_feature_enabled(X86_FEATURE_APERFMPERF))
+		init_counter_refs();
+}
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/smpboot.c b/arch/x86/kernel/smpboot.c
index b1ba7ddfe930..eb7de776a2a6 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/smpboot.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/smpboot.c
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ static void smp_callin(void)
 	 */
 	set_cpu_sibling_map(raw_smp_processor_id());
 
-	ap_init_freq_invariance();
+	ap_init_aperfmperf();
 
 	/*
 	 * Get our bogomips.
@@ -1396,7 +1396,6 @@ void __init native_smp_prepare_cpus(unsigned int max_cpus)
 {
 	smp_prepare_cpus_common();
 
-	bp_init_freq_invariance();
 	smp_sanity_check();
 
 	switch (apic_intr_mode) {