diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/intel_pstate.c b/drivers/cpufreq/intel_pstate.c
index 46a23b65dfc801fb1729b19df8419e18c58d6ca3..f6dd1e7611293bf5a66531f2acb285713439430c 100644
--- a/drivers/cpufreq/intel_pstate.c
+++ b/drivers/cpufreq/intel_pstate.c
@@ -662,6 +662,9 @@ static int intel_pstate_set_policy(struct cpufreq_policy *policy)
 
 	cpu = all_cpu_data[policy->cpu];
 
+	if (!policy->cpuinfo.max_freq)
+		return -ENODEV;
+
 	intel_pstate_get_min_max(cpu, &min, &max);
 
 	limits.min_perf_pct = (policy->min * 100) / policy->cpuinfo.max_freq;