diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_interactive.c b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_interactive.c
index 6c4b6a895e0d..f0e6fe220efb 100644
--- a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_interactive.c
+++ b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_interactive.c
@@ -377,6 +377,9 @@ static void cpufreq_interactive_timer(unsigned long data)
 		}
 	} else {
 		new_freq = choose_freq(pcpu, loadadjfreq);
+		if (new_freq > tunables->hispeed_freq &&
+				pcpu->target_freq < tunables->hispeed_freq)
+			new_freq = tunables->hispeed_freq;
 	}
 
 	if (pcpu->target_freq >= tunables->hispeed_freq &&