diff --git a/dsf-gdb/org.eclipse.cdt.dsf.gdb/src/org/eclipse/cdt/dsf/gdb/service/GDBHardwareAndOS.java b/dsf-gdb/org.eclipse.cdt.dsf.gdb/src/org/eclipse/cdt/dsf/gdb/service/GDBHardwareAndOS.java
index 6a69334d4bf..211a023c4c1 100644
--- a/dsf-gdb/org.eclipse.cdt.dsf.gdb/src/org/eclipse/cdt/dsf/gdb/service/GDBHardwareAndOS.java
+++ b/dsf-gdb/org.eclipse.cdt.dsf.gdb/src/org/eclipse/cdt/dsf/gdb/service/GDBHardwareAndOS.java
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
  *     Marc Khouzam (Ericsson) - initial API and implementation
  *     Marc Khouzam (Ericsson) - Updated to use /proc/cpuinfo for remote targets (Bug 374024)
  *     Marc Dumais (Ericsson) - Add CPU/core load information to the multicore visualizer (Bug 396268)
+ *     Marc Dumais (Ericsson) - Bug 434889
  *******************************************************************************/
 package org.eclipse.cdt.dsf.gdb.service;
 
@@ -560,7 +561,7 @@ public class GDBHardwareAndOS extends AbstractDsfService implements IGDBHardware
 	 */
 	@Override
 	public boolean isAvailable() {
-		return false;
+		return getSessionInitializationComplete();
 	}
 
 	/**
diff --git a/dsf-gdb/org.eclipse.cdt.dsf.gdb/src/org/eclipse/cdt/dsf/gdb/service/GDBHardwareAndOS_7_5.java b/dsf-gdb/org.eclipse.cdt.dsf.gdb/src/org/eclipse/cdt/dsf/gdb/service/GDBHardwareAndOS_7_5.java
index 537c321216a..225449cd0f2 100644
--- a/dsf-gdb/org.eclipse.cdt.dsf.gdb/src/org/eclipse/cdt/dsf/gdb/service/GDBHardwareAndOS_7_5.java
+++ b/dsf-gdb/org.eclipse.cdt.dsf.gdb/src/org/eclipse/cdt/dsf/gdb/service/GDBHardwareAndOS_7_5.java
@@ -34,11 +34,7 @@ public class GDBHardwareAndOS_7_5 extends GDBHardwareAndOS implements IGDBHardwa
     public GDBHardwareAndOS_7_5(DsfSession session) {
     	super(session);
     }
-    
-    @Override
-    public boolean isAvailable() {
-    	return getSessionInitializationComplete();
-    }
+
 
     @Override
     public void initialize(final RequestMonitor requestMonitor) {