diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/smpboot.c b/arch/x86/kernel/smpboot.c
index 18d292fc466cb96d0f9ff5c251867895a42df9d7..20e1cea262e4b5634e32f0a50abe83015067dca5 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/smpboot.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/smpboot.c
@@ -2002,9 +2002,11 @@ static bool intel_set_max_freq_ratio(void)
 	/*
 	 * Some hypervisors advertise X86_FEATURE_APERFMPERF
 	 * but then fill all MSR's with zeroes.
+	 * Some CPUs have turbo boost but don't declare any turbo ratio
+	 * in MSR_TURBO_RATIO_LIMIT.
 	 */
-	if (!base_freq) {
-		pr_debug("Couldn't determine cpu base frequency, necessary for scale-invariant accounting.\n");
+	if (!base_freq || !turbo_freq) {
+		pr_debug("Couldn't determine cpu base or turbo frequency, necessary for scale-invariant accounting.\n");
 		return false;
 	}