diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_interactive.c b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_interactive.c
index 66c096dcb1a2..d72e8c458f69 100644
--- a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_interactive.c
+++ b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_interactive.c
@@ -1247,6 +1247,8 @@ static int cpufreq_governor_interactive(struct cpufreq_policy *policy,
 			pcpu->hispeed_validate_time =
 				pcpu->floor_validate_time;
 			down_write(&pcpu->enable_sem);
+			del_timer_sync(&pcpu->cpu_timer);
+			del_timer_sync(&pcpu->cpu_slack_timer);
 			cpufreq_interactive_timer_start(tunables, j);
 			pcpu->governor_enabled = 1;
 			up_write(&pcpu->enable_sem);