diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/amd-pstate.c b/drivers/cpufreq/amd-pstate.c
index 3a6b4b224a66..477c17398fc2 100644
--- a/drivers/cpufreq/amd-pstate.c
+++ b/drivers/cpufreq/amd-pstate.c
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ static inline int get_mode_idx_from_str(const char *str, size_t size)
 
 static DEFINE_MUTEX(amd_pstate_driver_lock);
 
-static u8 msr_get_epp(struct amd_cpudata *cpudata)
+static int msr_get_epp(struct amd_cpudata *cpudata)
 {
 	u64 value;
 	int ret;
@@ -215,12 +215,12 @@ static u8 msr_get_epp(struct amd_cpudata *cpudata)
 
 DEFINE_STATIC_CALL(amd_pstate_get_epp, msr_get_epp);
 
-static inline s16 amd_pstate_get_epp(struct amd_cpudata *cpudata)
+static inline int amd_pstate_get_epp(struct amd_cpudata *cpudata)
 {
 	return static_call(amd_pstate_get_epp)(cpudata);
 }
 
-static u8 shmem_get_epp(struct amd_cpudata *cpudata)
+static int shmem_get_epp(struct amd_cpudata *cpudata)
 {
 	u64 epp;
 	int ret;
@@ -1876,6 +1876,7 @@ static int amd_pstate_epp_cpu_init(struct cpufreq_policy *policy)
 	struct amd_cpudata *cpudata;
 	union perf_cached perf;
 	struct device *dev;
+	int default_epp;
 	int ret;
 
 	/*
@@ -1924,6 +1925,13 @@ static int amd_pstate_epp_cpu_init(struct cpufreq_policy *policy)
 
 	policy->boost_supported = READ_ONCE(cpudata->boost_supported);
 
+	/* Fetch the firmware programmed default EPP value */
+	default_epp = amd_pstate_get_epp(cpudata);
+	if (default_epp < 0) {
+		ret = default_epp;
+		goto free_cpudata1;
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * Set the policy to provide a valid fallback value in case
 	 * the default cpufreq governor is neither powersave nor performance.
@@ -1931,7 +1939,7 @@ static int amd_pstate_epp_cpu_init(struct cpufreq_policy *policy)
 	if (amd_pstate_acpi_pm_profile_server() ||
 	    amd_pstate_acpi_pm_profile_undefined()) {
 		policy->policy = CPUFREQ_POLICY_PERFORMANCE;
-		cpudata->epp_default_ac = cpudata->epp_default_dc = amd_pstate_get_epp(cpudata);
+		cpudata->epp_default_ac = cpudata->epp_default_dc = default_epp;
 		cpudata->current_profile = PLATFORM_PROFILE_PERFORMANCE;
 	} else {
 		policy->policy = CPUFREQ_POLICY_POWERSAVE;