diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/cppc_cpufreq.c b/drivers/cpufreq/cppc_cpufreq.c
index ea32bdf7cc24..4d96eed64fe0 100644
--- a/drivers/cpufreq/cppc_cpufreq.c
+++ b/drivers/cpufreq/cppc_cpufreq.c
@@ -344,6 +344,16 @@ static int cppc_verify_policy(struct cpufreq_policy_data *policy)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static unsigned int __cppc_cpufreq_get_transition_delay_us(unsigned int cpu)
+{
+	unsigned int transition_latency_ns = cppc_get_transition_latency(cpu);
+
+	if (transition_latency_ns == CPUFREQ_ETERNAL)
+		return CPUFREQ_DEFAULT_TRANSITION_LATENCY_NS / NSEC_PER_USEC;
+
+	return transition_latency_ns / NSEC_PER_USEC;
+}
+
 /*
  * The PCC subspace describes the rate at which platform can accept commands
  * on the shared PCC channel (including READs which do not count towards freq
@@ -366,12 +376,12 @@ static unsigned int cppc_cpufreq_get_transition_delay_us(unsigned int cpu)
 			return 10000;
 		}
 	}
-	return cppc_get_transition_latency(cpu) / NSEC_PER_USEC;
+	return __cppc_cpufreq_get_transition_delay_us(cpu);
 }
 #else
 static unsigned int cppc_cpufreq_get_transition_delay_us(unsigned int cpu)
 {
-	return cppc_get_transition_latency(cpu) / NSEC_PER_USEC;
+	return __cppc_cpufreq_get_transition_delay_us(cpu);
 }
 #endif
 
diff --git a/include/linux/cpufreq.h b/include/linux/cpufreq.h
index bfecd9dcb552..1f94fe8559a9 100644
--- a/include/linux/cpufreq.h
+++ b/include/linux/cpufreq.h
@@ -32,6 +32,9 @@
  */
 
 #define CPUFREQ_ETERNAL			(-1)
+
+#define CPUFREQ_DEFAULT_TRANSITION_LATENCY_NS	NSEC_PER_MSEC
+
 #define CPUFREQ_NAME_LEN		16
 /* Print length for names. Extra 1 space for accommodating '\n' in prints */
 #define CPUFREQ_NAME_PLEN		(CPUFREQ_NAME_LEN + 1)