diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/pm/swsmu/smu14/smu_v14_0_0_ppt.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/pm/swsmu/smu14/smu_v14_0_0_ppt.c
index a28624d4847a..75719c47a41e 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/pm/swsmu/smu14/smu_v14_0_0_ppt.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/pm/swsmu/smu14/smu_v14_0_0_ppt.c
@@ -1231,7 +1231,8 @@ static int smu_v14_0_0_set_soft_freq_limited_range(struct smu_context *smu,
 	switch (clk_type) {
 	case SMU_GFXCLK:
 	case SMU_SCLK:
-		msg_set_min = SMU_MSG_SetHardMinGfxClk;
+		/* SoftMin lets PMFW throttle gfxclk; HardMin would override SoftMax. */
+		msg_set_min = SMU_MSG_SetSoftMinGfxclk;
 		msg_set_max = SMU_MSG_SetSoftMaxGfxClk;
 		break;
 	case SMU_FCLK: