diff --git a/drivers/cpuidle/cpuidle.c b/drivers/cpuidle/cpuidle.c
index fb4a7dd57f9..e1f6860e069 100644
--- a/drivers/cpuidle/cpuidle.c
+++ b/drivers/cpuidle/cpuidle.c
@@ -69,24 +69,15 @@ int cpuidle_play_dead(void)
 {
 	struct cpuidle_device *dev = __this_cpu_read(cpuidle_devices);
 	struct cpuidle_driver *drv = cpuidle_get_cpu_driver(dev);
-	int i, dead_state = -1;
-	int power_usage = INT_MAX;
+	int i;
 
 	if (!drv)
 		return -ENODEV;
 
 	/* Find lowest-power state that supports long-term idle */
-	for (i = CPUIDLE_DRIVER_STATE_START; i < drv->state_count; i++) {
-		struct cpuidle_state *s = &drv->states[i];
-
-		if (s->power_usage < power_usage && s->enter_dead) {
-			power_usage = s->power_usage;
-			dead_state = i;
-		}
-	}
-
-	if (dead_state != -1)
-		return drv->states[dead_state].enter_dead(dev, dead_state);
+	for (i = drv->state_count - 1; i >= CPUIDLE_DRIVER_STATE_START; i--)
+		if (drv->states[i].enter_dead)
+			return drv->states[i].enter_dead(dev, i);
 
 	return -ENODEV;
 }
diff --git a/drivers/cpuidle/driver.c b/drivers/cpuidle/driver.c
index c2b281afe0e..422c7b69ba7 100644
--- a/drivers/cpuidle/driver.c
+++ b/drivers/cpuidle/driver.c
@@ -19,34 +19,9 @@ DEFINE_SPINLOCK(cpuidle_driver_lock);
 static void __cpuidle_set_cpu_driver(struct cpuidle_driver *drv, int cpu);
 static struct cpuidle_driver * __cpuidle_get_cpu_driver(int cpu);
 
-static void set_power_states(struct cpuidle_driver *drv)
-{
-	int i;
-
-	/*
-	 * cpuidle driver should set the drv->power_specified bit
-	 * before registering if the driver provides
-	 * power_usage numbers.
-	 *
-	 * If power_specified is not set,
-	 * we fill in power_usage with decreasing values as the
-	 * cpuidle code has an implicit assumption that state Cn
-	 * uses less power than C(n-1).
-	 *
-	 * With CONFIG_ARCH_HAS_CPU_RELAX, C0 is already assigned
-	 * an power value of -1.  So we use -2, -3, etc, for other
-	 * c-states.
-	 */
-	for (i = CPUIDLE_DRIVER_STATE_START; i < drv->state_count; i++)
-		drv->states[i].power_usage = -1 - i;
-}
-
 static void __cpuidle_driver_init(struct cpuidle_driver *drv)
 {
 	drv->refcnt = 0;
-
-	if (!drv->power_specified)
-		set_power_states(drv);
 }
 
 static int __cpuidle_register_driver(struct cpuidle_driver *drv, int cpu)
diff --git a/drivers/cpuidle/governors/menu.c b/drivers/cpuidle/governors/menu.c
index 20ea33afdda..fe343a06b7d 100644
--- a/drivers/cpuidle/governors/menu.c
+++ b/drivers/cpuidle/governors/menu.c
@@ -312,7 +312,6 @@ static int menu_select(struct cpuidle_driver *drv, struct cpuidle_device *dev)
 {
 	struct menu_device *data = &__get_cpu_var(menu_devices);
 	int latency_req = pm_qos_request(PM_QOS_CPU_DMA_LATENCY);
-	int power_usage = INT_MAX;
 	int i;
 	int multiplier;
 	struct timespec t;
@@ -383,11 +382,8 @@ static int menu_select(struct cpuidle_driver *drv, struct cpuidle_device *dev)
 		if (s->exit_latency * multiplier > data->predicted_us)
 			continue;
 
-		if (s->power_usage < power_usage) {
-			power_usage = s->power_usage;
-			data->last_state_idx = i;
-			data->exit_us = s->exit_latency;
-		}
+		data->last_state_idx = i;
+		data->exit_us = s->exit_latency;
 	}
 
 	/* not deepest C-state chosen for low predicted residency */
diff --git a/include/linux/cpuidle.h b/include/linux/cpuidle.h
index 3711b34dc4f..24cd1037b6d 100644
--- a/include/linux/cpuidle.h
+++ b/include/linux/cpuidle.h
@@ -126,9 +126,9 @@ struct cpuidle_driver {
 	struct module 		*owner;
 	int                     refcnt;
 
-	unsigned int		power_specified:1;
 	/* set to 1 to use the core cpuidle time keeping (for all states). */
 	unsigned int		en_core_tk_irqen:1;
+	/* states array must be ordered in decreasing power consumption */
 	struct cpuidle_state	states[CPUIDLE_STATE_MAX];
 	int			state_count;
 	int			safe_state_index;