static int __initdata no_load;
 
+static int intel_pstate_msrs_not_valid(void)
+{
+       /* Check that all the msr's we are using are valid. */
+       u64 aperf, mperf, tmp;
+
+       rdmsrl(MSR_IA32_APERF, aperf);
+       rdmsrl(MSR_IA32_MPERF, mperf);
+
+       if (!intel_pstate_min_pstate() ||
+               !intel_pstate_max_pstate() ||
+               !intel_pstate_turbo_pstate())
+               return -ENODEV;
+
+       rdmsrl(MSR_IA32_APERF, tmp);
+       if (!(tmp - aperf))
+               return -ENODEV;
+
+       rdmsrl(MSR_IA32_MPERF, tmp);
+       if (!(tmp - mperf))
+               return -ENODEV;
+
+       return 0;
+}
 static int __init intel_pstate_init(void)
 {
        int cpu, rc = 0;
        if (!id)
                return -ENODEV;
 
+       if (intel_pstate_msrs_not_valid())
+               return -ENODEV;
+
        pr_info("Intel P-state driver initializing.\n");
 
        all_cpu_data = vmalloc(sizeof(void *) * num_possible_cpus());