diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/acpi-cpufreq.c b/drivers/cpufreq/acpi-cpufreq.c
index 12da54a28a42..51eef87bbc37 100644
--- a/drivers/cpufreq/acpi-cpufreq.c
+++ b/drivers/cpufreq/acpi-cpufreq.c
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ static ssize_t store_cpb(struct cpufreq_policy *policy, const char *buf,
 	int ret;
 	unsigned int val = 0;
 
-	if (!acpi_cpufreq_driver.boost_supported)
+	if (!acpi_cpufreq_driver.set_boost)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	ret = kstrtouint(buf, 10, &val);
@@ -900,7 +900,6 @@ static struct cpufreq_driver acpi_cpufreq_driver = {
 	.resume		= acpi_cpufreq_resume,
 	.name		= "acpi-cpufreq",
 	.attr		= acpi_cpufreq_attr,
-	.set_boost      = set_boost,
 };
 
 static void __init acpi_cpufreq_boost_init(void)
@@ -911,7 +910,7 @@ static void __init acpi_cpufreq_boost_init(void)
 		if (!msrs)
 			return;
 
-		acpi_cpufreq_driver.boost_supported = true;
+		acpi_cpufreq_driver.set_boost = set_boost;
 		acpi_cpufreq_driver.boost_enabled = boost_state(0);
 
 		cpu_notifier_register_begin();
diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
index 49f3f58f2501..c35e7da1ed7a 100644
--- a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
+++ b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
@@ -2332,23 +2332,13 @@ int cpufreq_boost_trigger_state(int state)
 
 static bool cpufreq_boost_supported(void)
 {
-	return likely(cpufreq_driver) && cpufreq_driver->boost_supported;
+	return likely(cpufreq_driver) && cpufreq_driver->set_boost;
 }
 
 static int create_boost_sysfs_file(void)
 {
 	int ret;
 
-	if (!cpufreq_boost_supported())
-		return 0;
-
-	/*
-	 * Check if driver provides function to enable boost -
-	 * if not, use cpufreq_boost_set_sw as default
-	 */
-	if (!cpufreq_driver->set_boost)
-		cpufreq_driver->set_boost = cpufreq_boost_set_sw;
-
 	ret = sysfs_create_file(cpufreq_global_kobject, &boost.attr);
 	if (ret)
 		pr_err("%s: cannot register global BOOST sysfs file\n",
@@ -2371,7 +2361,7 @@ int cpufreq_enable_boost_support(void)
 	if (cpufreq_boost_supported())
 		return 0;
 
-	cpufreq_driver->boost_supported = true;
+	cpufreq_driver->set_boost = cpufreq_boost_set_sw;
 
 	/* This will get removed on driver unregister */
 	return create_boost_sysfs_file();
@@ -2431,9 +2421,11 @@ int cpufreq_register_driver(struct cpufreq_driver *driver_data)
 	if (driver_data->setpolicy)
 		driver_data->flags |= CPUFREQ_CONST_LOOPS;
 
-	ret = create_boost_sysfs_file();
-	if (ret)
-		goto err_null_driver;
+	if (cpufreq_boost_supported()) {
+		ret = create_boost_sysfs_file();
+		if (ret)
+			goto err_null_driver;
+	}
 
 	ret = subsys_interface_register(&cpufreq_interface);
 	if (ret)
diff --git a/include/linux/cpufreq.h b/include/linux/cpufreq.h
index f859b728d98e..88a4215125bc 100644
--- a/include/linux/cpufreq.h
+++ b/include/linux/cpufreq.h
@@ -278,7 +278,6 @@ struct cpufreq_driver {
 	struct freq_attr **attr;
 
 	/* platform specific boost support code */
-	bool		boost_supported;
 	bool		boost_enabled;
 	int		(*set_boost)(int state);
 };