1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/intel_pstate.c b/drivers/cpufreq/intel_pstate.c
index 002f5169d4eb..e22f0dbaebb1 100644
--- a/drivers/cpufreq/intel_pstate.c
+++ b/drivers/cpufreq/intel_pstate.c
@@ -1762,7 +1762,7 @@ static void intel_pstate_update_util(struct update_util_data *data, u64 time,
                 /* Start over if the CPU may have been idle. */
                 if (delta_ns > TICK_NSEC) {
                         cpu->iowait_boost = ONE_EIGHTH_FP;
-                } else if (cpu->iowait_boost) {
+                } else if (cpu->iowait_boost >= ONE_EIGHTH_FP) {
                         cpu->iowait_boost <<= 1;
                         if (cpu->iowait_boost > int_tofp(1))
                                 cpu->iowait_boost = int_tofp(1);