diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/tegra186-cpufreq.c b/drivers/cpufreq/tegra186-cpufreq.c
index 5d1943e787b0..6c88827f4e62 100644
--- a/drivers/cpufreq/tegra186-cpufreq.c
+++ b/drivers/cpufreq/tegra186-cpufreq.c
@@ -159,6 +159,10 @@ static struct cpufreq_frequency_table *init_vhint_table(
 		table = ERR_PTR(err);
 		goto free;
 	}
+	if (msg.rx.ret) {
+		table = ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
+		goto free;
+	}
 
 	for (i = data->vfloor; i <= data->vceil; i++) {
 		u16 ndiv = data->ndiv[i];
diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/tegra194-cpufreq.c b/drivers/cpufreq/tegra194-cpufreq.c
index a9620e4489ae..ac381db25dbe 100644
--- a/drivers/cpufreq/tegra194-cpufreq.c
+++ b/drivers/cpufreq/tegra194-cpufreq.c
@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@ static int tegra194_cpufreq_init(struct cpufreq_policy *policy)
 
 	smp_call_function_single(policy->cpu, get_cpu_cluster, &cl, true);
 
-	if (cl >= data->num_clusters)
+	if (cl >= data->num_clusters || !data->tables[cl])
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	/* set same policy for all cpus in a cluster */
@@ -310,6 +310,12 @@ init_freq_table(struct platform_device *pdev, struct tegra_bpmp *bpmp,
 	err = tegra_bpmp_transfer(bpmp, &msg);
 	if (err)
 		return ERR_PTR(err);
+	if (msg.rx.ret == -BPMP_EINVAL) {
+		/* Cluster not available */
+		return NULL;
+	}
+	if (msg.rx.ret)
+		return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
 
 	/*
 	 * Make sure frequency table step is a multiple of mdiv to match