diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/cris-artpec3-cpufreq.c b/drivers/cpufreq/cris-artpec3-cpufreq.c
index 4d88e4fa2ad4..05fdc7e40257 100644
--- a/drivers/cpufreq/cris-artpec3-cpufreq.c
+++ b/drivers/cpufreq/cris-artpec3-cpufreq.c
@@ -71,13 +71,9 @@ static int cris_freq_target(struct cpufreq_policy *policy,
 
 static int cris_freq_cpu_init(struct cpufreq_policy *policy)
 {
-	/* cpuinfo and default policy values */
-	policy->cpuinfo.transition_latency = 1000000; /* 1ms */
-
-	return cpufreq_table_validate_and_show(policy, cris_freq_table);
+	return cpufreq_generic_init(policy, cris_freq_table, 1000000);
 }
 
-
 static struct cpufreq_driver cris_freq_driver = {
 	.get	= cris_freq_get_cpu_frequency,
 	.verify	= cpufreq_generic_frequency_table_verify,
diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/cris-etraxfs-cpufreq.c b/drivers/cpufreq/cris-etraxfs-cpufreq.c
index f7d2d49f7c07..fac2b26932dd 100644
--- a/drivers/cpufreq/cris-etraxfs-cpufreq.c
+++ b/drivers/cpufreq/cris-etraxfs-cpufreq.c
@@ -70,10 +70,7 @@ static int cris_freq_target(struct cpufreq_policy *policy,
 
 static int cris_freq_cpu_init(struct cpufreq_policy *policy)
 {
-	/* cpuinfo and default policy values */
-	policy->cpuinfo.transition_latency = 1000000;	/* 1ms */
-
-	return cpufreq_table_validate_and_show(policy, cris_freq_table);
+	return cpufreq_generic_init(policy, cris_freq_table, 1000000);
 }
 
 static struct cpufreq_driver cris_freq_driver = {