diff --git a/arch/arm/include/asm/delay.h b/arch/arm/include/asm/delay.h
index ab98fdd083bd..720799fd3a81 100644
--- a/arch/arm/include/asm/delay.h
+++ b/arch/arm/include/asm/delay.h
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ extern struct arm_delay_ops {
 	void (*delay)(unsigned long);
 	void (*const_udelay)(unsigned long);
 	void (*udelay)(unsigned long);
+	bool const_clock;
 } arm_delay_ops;
 
 #define __delay(n)		arm_delay_ops.delay(n)
diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/smp.c b/arch/arm/kernel/smp.c
index 84f4cbf652e5..58af91c2a2f7 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/smp.c
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/smp.c
@@ -693,6 +693,9 @@ static int cpufreq_callback(struct notifier_block *nb,
 	if (freq->flags & CPUFREQ_CONST_LOOPS)
 		return NOTIFY_OK;
 
+	if (arm_delay_ops.const_clock)
+		return NOTIFY_OK;
+
 	if (!per_cpu(l_p_j_ref, cpu)) {
 		per_cpu(l_p_j_ref, cpu) =
 			per_cpu(cpu_data, cpu).loops_per_jiffy;
diff --git a/arch/arm/lib/delay.c b/arch/arm/lib/delay.c
index 0dc53854a5d8..6b93f6a1a3c7 100644
--- a/arch/arm/lib/delay.c
+++ b/arch/arm/lib/delay.c
@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@ void __init register_current_timer_delay(const struct delay_timer *timer)
 		arm_delay_ops.delay		= __timer_delay;
 		arm_delay_ops.const_udelay	= __timer_const_udelay;
 		arm_delay_ops.udelay		= __timer_udelay;
+		arm_delay_ops.const_clock	= true;
 		delay_calibrated		= true;
 	} else {
 		pr_info("Ignoring duplicate/late registration of read_current_timer delay\n");