ret = skl_uncore_pci_init();
                break;
        default:
-               return 0;
+               return -ENODEV;
        }
 
        if (ret)
                knl_uncore_cpu_init();
                break;
        default:
-               return 0;
+               return -ENODEV;
        }
 
        ret = uncore_types_init(uncore_msr_uncores, true);
 /* Lazy to avoid allocation of a few bytes for the normal case */
 static __initdata DECLARE_BITMAP(packages, MAX_LOCAL_APIC);
 
-static int __init uncore_cpumask_init(void)
+static int __init uncore_cpumask_init(bool msr)
 {
        unsigned int cpu;
 
                if (test_and_set_bit(pkg, packages))
                        continue;
                /*
-                * The first online cpu of each package takes the refcounts
-                * for all other online cpus in that package.
+                * The first online cpu of each package allocates and takes
+                * the refcounts for all other online cpus in that package.
+                * If msrs are not enabled no allocation is required.
                 */
-               ret = uncore_cpu_prepare(cpu);
-               if (ret)
-                       return ret;
+               if (msr) {
+                       ret = uncore_cpu_prepare(cpu);
+                       if (ret)
+                               return ret;
+               }
                uncore_event_init_cpu(cpu);
                smp_call_function_single(cpu, uncore_cpu_setup, NULL, 1);
        }
 
 static int __init intel_uncore_init(void)
 {
-       int ret;
+       int pret, cret, ret;
 
        if (boot_cpu_data.x86_vendor != X86_VENDOR_INTEL)
                return -ENODEV;
 
        max_packages = topology_max_packages();
 
-       ret = uncore_pci_init();
-       if (ret)
-               return ret;
-       ret = uncore_cpu_init();
-       if (ret)
-               goto err;
+       pret = uncore_pci_init();
+       cret = uncore_cpu_init();
+
+       if (cret && pret)
+               return -ENODEV;
 
        cpu_notifier_register_begin();
-       ret = uncore_cpumask_init();
+       ret = uncore_cpumask_init(!cret);
        if (ret)
                goto err;
        cpu_notifier_register_done();