diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/scmi-cpufreq.c b/drivers/cpufreq/scmi-cpufreq.c
index 6ff77003a96e..68325ebd56fe 100644
--- a/drivers/cpufreq/scmi-cpufreq.c
+++ b/drivers/cpufreq/scmi-cpufreq.c
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 #include <linux/energy_model.h>
 #include <linux/export.h>
 #include <linux/module.h>
+#include <linux/of.h>
 #include <linux/pm_opp.h>
 #include <linux/slab.h>
 #include <linux/scmi_protocol.h>
@@ -330,6 +331,15 @@ static bool scmi_dev_used_by_cpus(struct device *scmi_dev)
 			return true;
 	}
 
+	/*
+	 * Older Broadcom STB chips had a "clocks" property for CPU node(s)
+	 * that did not match the SCMI performance protocol node, if we got
+	 * there, it means we had such an older Device Tree, therefore return
+	 * true to preserve backwards compatibility.
+	 */
+	if (of_machine_is_compatible("brcm,brcmstb"))
+		return true;
+
 	return false;
 }