diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_stats.c b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_stats.c
index 853f92d23ddb..faf7c5217848 100644
--- a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_stats.c
+++ b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_stats.c
@@ -298,11 +298,13 @@ static int cpufreq_stat_notifier_trans(struct notifier_block *nb,
 	old_index = stat->last_index;
 	new_index = freq_table_get_index(stat, freq->new);
 
-	cpufreq_stats_update(freq->cpu);
-	if (old_index == new_index)
+	/* We can't do stat->time_in_state[-1]= .. */
+	if (old_index == -1 || new_index == -1)
 		return 0;
 
-	if (old_index == -1 || new_index == -1)
+	cpufreq_stats_update(freq->cpu);
+
+	if (old_index == new_index)
 		return 0;
 
 	spin_lock(&cpufreq_stats_lock);
diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/powernow-k8.c b/drivers/cpufreq/powernow-k8.c
index 83479b6fb9a1..bce576d7478e 100644
--- a/drivers/cpufreq/powernow-k8.c
+++ b/drivers/cpufreq/powernow-k8.c
@@ -1079,6 +1079,9 @@ static int transition_frequency_fidvid(struct powernow_k8_data *data,
 	}
 
 	res = transition_fid_vid(data, fid, vid);
+	if (res)
+		return res;
+
 	freqs.new = find_khz_freq_from_fid(data->currfid);
 
 	for_each_cpu(i, data->available_cores) {
@@ -1101,7 +1104,8 @@ static int transition_frequency_pstate(struct powernow_k8_data *data,
 	/* get MSR index for hardware pstate transition */
 	pstate = index & HW_PSTATE_MASK;
 	if (pstate > data->max_hw_pstate)
-		return 0;
+		return -EINVAL;
+
 	freqs.old = find_khz_freq_from_pstate(data->powernow_table,
 			data->currpstate);
 	freqs.new = find_khz_freq_from_pstate(data->powernow_table, pstate);