diff --git a/kernel/sched/walt.c b/kernel/sched/walt.c
index 10ed63d929dc..4779f296996c 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/walt.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/walt.c
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
  *             and Todd Kjos
  */
 
+#include <linux/acpi.h>
 #include <linux/syscore_ops.h>
 #include <linux/cpufreq.h>
 #include <trace/events/sched.h>
@@ -1040,6 +1041,11 @@ static int cpufreq_notifier_policy(struct notifier_block *nb,
 	for_each_cpu(i, cpus) {
 		struct rq *rq = cpu_rq(i);
 
+		if (!acpi_disabled && !rq->max_freq) {
+			pr_warn("max frequency for CPU%d not populated\n", i);
+			continue;
+		}
+
 		rq->capacity = compute_capacity(i);
 		rq->load_scale_factor = compute_load_scale_factor(i);