diff --git a/drivers/devfreq/devfreq.c b/drivers/devfreq/devfreq.c
index 66d3c7184a0f0cfaf568879088d7bc3b6f584fc1..bf3ea7603a58a9705d51feb271a61507f5c779e9 100644
--- a/drivers/devfreq/devfreq.c
+++ b/drivers/devfreq/devfreq.c
@@ -137,6 +137,10 @@ static int devfreq_update_status(struct devfreq *devfreq, unsigned long freq)
 
 	cur_time = jiffies;
 
+	/* Immediately exit if previous_freq is not initialized yet. */
+	if (!devfreq->previous_freq)
+		goto out;
+
 	prev_lev = devfreq_get_freq_level(devfreq, devfreq->previous_freq);
 	if (prev_lev < 0) {
 		ret = prev_lev;