diff --git a/Documentation/cpu-freq/core.txt b/Documentation/cpu-freq/core.txt
index 978463a7c81e..073f128af5a7 100644
--- a/Documentation/cpu-freq/core.txt
+++ b/Documentation/cpu-freq/core.txt
@@ -97,12 +97,10 @@ flags	- flags of the cpufreq driver
 ==================================================================
 For details about OPP, see Documentation/power/opp.txt
 
-dev_pm_opp_init_cpufreq_table - cpufreq framework typically is initialized with
-	cpufreq_table_validate_and_show() which is provided with the list of
-	frequencies that are available for operation. This function provides
-	a ready to use conversion routine to translate the OPP layer's internal
-	information about the available frequencies into a format readily
-	providable to cpufreq.
+dev_pm_opp_init_cpufreq_table -
+	This function provides a ready to use conversion routine to translate
+	the OPP layer's internal information about the available frequencies
+	into a format readily providable to cpufreq.
 
 	WARNING: Do not use this function in interrupt context.
 
@@ -112,7 +110,7 @@ dev_pm_opp_init_cpufreq_table - cpufreq framework typically is initialized with
 		/* Do things */
 		r = dev_pm_opp_init_cpufreq_table(dev, &freq_table);
 		if (!r)
-			cpufreq_table_validate_and_show(policy, freq_table);
+			policy->freq_table = freq_table;
 		/* Do other things */
 	 }
 
diff --git a/Documentation/cpu-freq/cpu-drivers.txt b/Documentation/cpu-freq/cpu-drivers.txt
index 61546ac578d6..6e353d00cdc6 100644
--- a/Documentation/cpu-freq/cpu-drivers.txt
+++ b/Documentation/cpu-freq/cpu-drivers.txt
@@ -259,10 +259,8 @@ CPUFREQ_ENTRY_INVALID. The entries don't need to be in sorted in any
 particular order, but if they are cpufreq core will do DVFS a bit
 quickly for them as search for best match is faster.
 
-By calling cpufreq_table_validate_and_show(), the cpuinfo.min_freq and
-cpuinfo.max_freq values are detected, and policy->min and policy->max
-are set to the same values. This is helpful for the per-CPU
-initialization stage.
+The cpufreq table is verified automatically by the core if the policy contains a
+valid pointer in its policy->freq_table field.
 
 cpufreq_frequency_table_verify() assures that at least one valid
 frequency is within policy->min and policy->max, and all other criteria
diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/freq_table.c b/drivers/cpufreq/freq_table.c
index 10e119ae66dd..3a8cc99e6815 100644
--- a/drivers/cpufreq/freq_table.c
+++ b/drivers/cpufreq/freq_table.c
@@ -352,20 +352,6 @@ static int set_freq_table_sorted(struct cpufreq_policy *policy)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-int cpufreq_table_validate_and_show(struct cpufreq_policy *policy,
-				      struct cpufreq_frequency_table *table)
-{
-	int ret;
-
-	ret = cpufreq_frequency_table_cpuinfo(policy, table);
-	if (ret)
-		return ret;
-
-	policy->freq_table = table;
-	return 0;
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(cpufreq_table_validate_and_show);
-
 int cpufreq_table_validate_and_sort(struct cpufreq_policy *policy)
 {
 	int ret;
diff --git a/include/linux/cpufreq.h b/include/linux/cpufreq.h
index 1fe49724da9e..87f48dd932eb 100644
--- a/include/linux/cpufreq.h
+++ b/include/linux/cpufreq.h
@@ -960,8 +960,6 @@ extern void arch_set_freq_scale(struct cpumask *cpus, unsigned long cur_freq,
 extern struct freq_attr cpufreq_freq_attr_scaling_available_freqs;
 extern struct freq_attr cpufreq_freq_attr_scaling_boost_freqs;
 extern struct freq_attr *cpufreq_generic_attr[];
-int cpufreq_table_validate_and_show(struct cpufreq_policy *policy,
-				      struct cpufreq_frequency_table *table);
 int cpufreq_table_validate_and_sort(struct cpufreq_policy *policy);
 
 unsigned int cpufreq_generic_get(unsigned int cpu);