diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-sa1100/generic.c b/arch/arm/mach-sa1100/generic.c
index 5c8167b05c26..cb4b2ca3cf6b 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-sa1100/generic.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-sa1100/generic.c
@@ -82,28 +82,6 @@ unsigned int sa11x0_ppcr_to_freq(unsigned int idx)
 	return freq;
 }
 
-
-/* make sure that only the "userspace" governor is run -- anything else wouldn't make sense on
- * this platform, anyway.
- */
-int sa11x0_verify_speed(struct cpufreq_policy *policy)
-{
-	unsigned int tmp;
-	if (policy->cpu)
-		return -EINVAL;
-
-	cpufreq_verify_within_limits(policy, policy->cpuinfo.min_freq, policy->cpuinfo.max_freq);
-
-	/* make sure that at least one frequency is within the policy */
-	tmp = sa11x0_freq_table[sa11x0_freq_to_ppcr(policy->min)].frequency;
-	if (tmp > policy->max)
-		policy->max = tmp;
-
-	cpufreq_verify_within_limits(policy, policy->cpuinfo.min_freq, policy->cpuinfo.max_freq);
-
-	return 0;
-}
-
 unsigned int sa11x0_getspeed(unsigned int cpu)
 {
 	if (cpu)
diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-sa1100/generic.h b/arch/arm/mach-sa1100/generic.h
index f5214ce494ab..39d56a676566 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-sa1100/generic.h
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-sa1100/generic.h
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ struct cpufreq_policy;
 
 extern struct cpufreq_frequency_table sa11x0_freq_table[];
 extern unsigned int sa11x0_freq_to_ppcr(unsigned int khz);
-extern int sa11x0_verify_speed(struct cpufreq_policy *policy);
 extern unsigned int sa11x0_getspeed(unsigned int cpu);
 extern unsigned int sa11x0_ppcr_to_freq(unsigned int idx);
 
diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/sa1100-cpufreq.c b/drivers/cpufreq/sa1100-cpufreq.c
index 37fce2f15711..80a4fde0021f 100644
--- a/drivers/cpufreq/sa1100-cpufreq.c
+++ b/drivers/cpufreq/sa1100-cpufreq.c
@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@ static int __init sa1100_cpu_init(struct cpufreq_policy *policy)
 
 static struct cpufreq_driver sa1100_driver __refdata = {
 	.flags		= CPUFREQ_STICKY,
-	.verify		= sa11x0_verify_speed,
+	.verify		= cpufreq_generic_frequency_table_verify,
 	.target		= sa1100_target,
 	.get		= sa11x0_getspeed,
 	.init		= sa1100_cpu_init,
diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/sa1110-cpufreq.c b/drivers/cpufreq/sa1110-cpufreq.c
index 13760fc63859..a38d904d168e 100644
--- a/drivers/cpufreq/sa1110-cpufreq.c
+++ b/drivers/cpufreq/sa1110-cpufreq.c
@@ -344,7 +344,7 @@ static int __init sa1110_cpu_init(struct cpufreq_policy *policy)
  * it with cpufreq_register_driver() */
 static struct cpufreq_driver sa1110_driver __refdata = {
 	.flags		= CPUFREQ_STICKY,
-	.verify		= sa11x0_verify_speed,
+	.verify		= cpufreq_generic_frequency_table_verify,
 	.target		= sa1110_target,
 	.get		= sa11x0_getspeed,
 	.init		= sa1110_cpu_init,