diff --git a/drivers/idle/intel_idle.c b/drivers/idle/intel_idle.c
index d0f59c3..04eced7 100644
--- a/drivers/idle/intel_idle.c
+++ b/drivers/idle/intel_idle.c
@@ -405,10 +405,8 @@ static int intel_idle_probe(void)
 
 	if (boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_ARAT))	/* Always Reliable APIC Timer */
 		lapic_timer_reliable_states = LAPIC_TIMER_ALWAYS_RELIABLE;
-	else {
+	else
 		on_each_cpu(__setup_broadcast_timer, (void *)true, 1);
-		register_cpu_notifier(&setup_broadcast_notifier);
-	}
 
 	pr_debug(PREFIX "v" INTEL_IDLE_VERSION
 		" model 0x%X\n", boot_cpu_data.x86_model);
@@ -573,6 +571,9 @@ static int __init intel_idle_init(void)
 		}
 	}
 
+	if (lapic_timer_reliable_states != LAPIC_TIMER_ALWAYS_RELIABLE)
+		register_cpu_notifier(&setup_broadcast_notifier);
+
 	return 0;
 }