diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-davinci/cpufreq.c b/arch/arm/mach-davinci/cpufreq.c
index 55eb8703043d..8fb0c2ac227e 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-davinci/cpufreq.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-davinci/cpufreq.c
@@ -79,15 +79,6 @@ static int davinci_target(struct cpufreq_policy *policy,
 	struct davinci_cpufreq_config *pdata = cpufreq.dev->platform_data;
 	struct clk *armclk = cpufreq.armclk;
 
-	/*
-	 * Ensure desired rate is within allowed range.  Some govenors
-	 * (ondemand) will just pass target_freq=0 to get the minimum.
-	 */
-	if (target_freq < policy->cpuinfo.min_freq)
-		target_freq = policy->cpuinfo.min_freq;
-	if (target_freq > policy->cpuinfo.max_freq)
-		target_freq = policy->cpuinfo.max_freq;
-
 	freqs.old = davinci_getspeed(0);
 	freqs.new = clk_round_rate(armclk, target_freq * 1000) / 1000;
 
diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/dbx500-cpufreq.c b/drivers/cpufreq/dbx500-cpufreq.c
index 7192a6df94c0..15ed367139a6 100644
--- a/drivers/cpufreq/dbx500-cpufreq.c
+++ b/drivers/cpufreq/dbx500-cpufreq.c
@@ -37,12 +37,6 @@ static int dbx500_cpufreq_target(struct cpufreq_policy *policy,
 	unsigned int idx;
 	int ret;
 
-	/* scale the target frequency to one of the extremes supported */
-	if (target_freq < policy->cpuinfo.min_freq)
-		target_freq = policy->cpuinfo.min_freq;
-	if (target_freq > policy->cpuinfo.max_freq)
-		target_freq = policy->cpuinfo.max_freq;
-
 	/* Lookup the next frequency */
 	if (cpufreq_frequency_table_target(policy, freq_table, target_freq,
 					relation, &idx))