diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_pm.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_pm.c
index eb2a0a85e057eacd5f2eaf064a534007fa294c02..6d0795d3b2e4a97690e822672911cf0dd44ee0e6 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_pm.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_pm.c
@@ -4643,7 +4643,8 @@ static void gen6_init_rps_frequencies(struct drm_device *dev)
 	if (dev_priv->rps.min_freq_softlimit == 0) {
 		if (IS_HASWELL(dev) || IS_BROADWELL(dev))
 			dev_priv->rps.min_freq_softlimit =
-				dev_priv->rps.efficient_freq;
+				/* max(RPe, 450 MHz) */
+				max(dev_priv->rps.efficient_freq, (u8) 9);
 		else
 			dev_priv->rps.min_freq_softlimit =
 				dev_priv->rps.min_freq;