diff --git a/include/linux/cpufreq_times.h b/include/linux/cpufreq_times.h
index 3fb38750c853..6374d4205a5f 100644
--- a/include/linux/cpufreq_times.h
+++ b/include/linux/cpufreq_times.h
@@ -31,6 +31,10 @@ void cpufreq_times_record_transition(struct cpufreq_freqs *freq);
 void cpufreq_task_times_remove_uids(uid_t uid_start, uid_t uid_end);
 int single_uid_time_in_state_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file);
 #else
+static inline void cpufreq_task_times_init(struct task_struct *p) {}
+static inline void cpufreq_task_times_exit(struct task_struct *p) {}
+static inline void cpufreq_acct_update_power(struct task_struct *p,
+					     u64 cputime) {}
 static inline void cpufreq_times_create_policy(struct cpufreq_policy *policy) {}
 static inline void cpufreq_times_record_transition(
 	struct cpufreq_freqs *freq) {}
diff --git a/kernel/exit.c b/kernel/exit.c
index e9bfee5fcce5..4479af833505 100644
--- a/kernel/exit.c
+++ b/kernel/exit.c
@@ -174,9 +174,8 @@ void release_task(struct task_struct *p)
 {
 	struct task_struct *leader;
 	int zap_leader;
-#ifdef CONFIG_CPU_FREQ_TIMES
+
 	cpufreq_task_times_exit(p);
-#endif
 repeat:
 	/* don't need to get the RCU readlock here - the process is dead and
 	 * can't be modifying its own credentials. But shut RCU-lockdep up */
diff --git a/kernel/sched/core.c b/kernel/sched/core.c
index 9a0c1841993f..8f389b86bf34 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/core.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/core.c
@@ -2198,9 +2198,7 @@ static void __sched_fork(unsigned long clone_flags, struct task_struct *p)
 	memset(&p->se.statistics, 0, sizeof(p->se.statistics));
 #endif
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_CPU_FREQ_TIMES
 	cpufreq_task_times_init(p);
-#endif
 
 	RB_CLEAR_NODE(&p->dl.rb_node);
 	init_dl_task_timer(&p->dl);
diff --git a/kernel/sched/cputime.c b/kernel/sched/cputime.c
index c0763cba909d..fc2cfd6b2941 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/cputime.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/cputime.c
@@ -167,10 +167,8 @@ void account_user_time(struct task_struct *p, cputime_t cputime,
 	/* Account for user time used */
 	acct_account_cputime(p);
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_CPU_FREQ_TIMES
 	/* Account power usage for user time */
 	cpufreq_acct_update_power(p, cputime);
-#endif
 }
 
 /*
@@ -221,10 +219,9 @@ void __account_system_time(struct task_struct *p, cputime_t cputime,
 
 	/* Account for system time used */
 	acct_account_cputime(p);
-#ifdef CONFIG_CPU_FREQ_TIMES
+
 	/* Account power usage for system time */
 	cpufreq_acct_update_power(p, cputime);
-#endif
 }
 
 /*