diff --git a/drivers/devfreq/devfreq.c b/drivers/devfreq/devfreq.c
index 34e297f28fc2ad09c212de569a865a7eaf74f2f2..a47e76a62287f7d079cc79a1b44fd1851947b7d8 100644
--- a/drivers/devfreq/devfreq.c
+++ b/drivers/devfreq/devfreq.c
@@ -547,8 +547,10 @@ static int devfreq_notifier_call(struct notifier_block *nb, unsigned long type,
 		goto out;
 
 	devfreq->scaling_max_freq = find_available_max_freq(devfreq);
-	if (!devfreq->scaling_max_freq)
+	if (!devfreq->scaling_max_freq) {
+		devfreq->scaling_max_freq = ULONG_MAX;
 		goto out;
+	}
 
 	err = update_devfreq(devfreq);