diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_pm.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_pm.c
index 658a756596574ffc176a8d151c04bd0ed4bc6228..c94521cc476c94abe5f7cb1a1399ce9f210c5a37 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_pm.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_pm.c
@@ -4844,6 +4844,12 @@ void gen6_rps_busy(struct drm_i915_private *dev_priv)
 			gen6_rps_reset_ei(dev_priv);
 		I915_WRITE(GEN6_PMINTRMSK,
 			   gen6_rps_pm_mask(dev_priv, dev_priv->rps.cur_freq));
+
+		/* Ensure we start at the user's desired frequency */
+		intel_set_rps(dev_priv,
+			      clamp(dev_priv->rps.cur_freq,
+				    dev_priv->rps.min_freq_softlimit,
+				    dev_priv->rps.max_freq_softlimit));
 	}
 	mutex_unlock(&dev_priv->rps.hw_lock);
 }