diff --git a/drivers/cpuidle/governors/teo.c b/drivers/cpuidle/governors/teo.c
index ac43b9b013b3..906f4f89e365 100644
--- a/drivers/cpuidle/governors/teo.c
+++ b/drivers/cpuidle/governors/teo.c
@@ -426,6 +426,17 @@ static int teo_select(struct cpuidle_driver *drv, struct cpuidle_device *dev,
 		}
 	}
 
+	/*
+	 * If the latency constraint does not allow any of the enabled idle
+	 * states to be used, the candidate state index will be capped to 0
+	 * by the check below, but state 0 may be disabled.  To prevent the
+	 * selection of a disabled state in that case, ensure that
+	 * constraint_idx is at least equal to the index of the first
+	 * enabled idle state.
+	 */
+	if (constraint_idx < idx0)
+		constraint_idx = idx0;
+
 	/*
 	 * If there is a latency constraint, it may be necessary to select an
 	 * idle state shallower than the current candidate one.