diff --git a/kernel/sched/cpufreq_schedutil.c b/kernel/sched/cpufreq_schedutil.c
index cfe7c625d2ad..819ec1ccc08c 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/cpufreq_schedutil.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/cpufreq_schedutil.c
@@ -156,7 +156,11 @@ unsigned long get_capacity_ref_freq(struct cpufreq_policy *policy)
 	if (arch_scale_freq_invariant())
 		return policy->cpuinfo.max_freq;
 
-	return policy->cur;
+	/*
+	 * Apply a 25% margin so that we select a higher frequency than
+	 * the current one before the CPU is fully busy:
+	 */
+	return policy->cur + (policy->cur >> 2);
 }
 
 /**