diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/scmi-cpufreq.c b/drivers/cpufreq/scmi-cpufreq.c
index e4989764efe2..6ff77003a96e 100644
--- a/drivers/cpufreq/scmi-cpufreq.c
+++ b/drivers/cpufreq/scmi-cpufreq.c
@@ -299,6 +299,40 @@ static struct cpufreq_driver scmi_cpufreq_driver = {
 	.register_em	= scmi_cpufreq_register_em,
 };
 
+static bool scmi_dev_used_by_cpus(struct device *scmi_dev)
+{
+	struct device_node *scmi_np = dev_of_node(scmi_dev);
+	struct device_node *cpu_np, *np;
+	struct device *cpu_dev;
+	int cpu, idx;
+
+	if (!scmi_np)
+		return false;
+
+	for_each_possible_cpu(cpu) {
+		cpu_dev = get_cpu_device(cpu);
+		if (!cpu_dev)
+			continue;
+
+		cpu_np = dev_of_node(cpu_dev);
+
+		np = of_parse_phandle(cpu_np, "clocks", 0);
+		of_node_put(np);
+
+		if (np == scmi_np)
+			return true;
+
+		idx = of_property_match_string(cpu_np, "power-domain-names", "perf");
+		np = of_parse_phandle(cpu_np, "power-domains", idx);
+		of_node_put(np);
+
+		if (np == scmi_np)
+			return true;
+	}
+
+	return false;
+}
+
 static int scmi_cpufreq_probe(struct scmi_device *sdev)
 {
 	int ret;
@@ -307,7 +341,7 @@ static int scmi_cpufreq_probe(struct scmi_device *sdev)
 
 	handle = sdev->handle;
 
-	if (!handle)
+	if (!handle || !scmi_dev_used_by_cpus(dev))
 		return -ENODEV;
 
 	perf_ops = handle->devm_protocol_get(sdev, SCMI_PROTOCOL_PERF, &ph);