diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/sh-cpufreq.c b/drivers/cpufreq/sh-cpufreq.c
index ffc6d24b0cfb..1362e8894ee1 100644
--- a/drivers/cpufreq/sh-cpufreq.c
+++ b/drivers/cpufreq/sh-cpufreq.c
@@ -120,9 +120,9 @@ static int sh_cpufreq_cpu_init(struct cpufreq_policy *policy)
 	if (freq_table) {
 		int result;
 
-		result = cpufreq_frequency_table_cpuinfo(policy, freq_table);
-		if (!result)
-			cpufreq_frequency_table_get_attr(freq_table, cpu);
+		result = cpufreq_table_validate_and_show(policy, freq_table);
+		if (result)
+			return result;
 	} else {
 		dev_notice(dev, "no frequency table found, falling back "
 			   "to rate rounding.\n");