diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/intel_pstate.c b/drivers/cpufreq/intel_pstate.c
index 1f093e346430..0fbbdbd5765c 100644
--- a/drivers/cpufreq/intel_pstate.c
+++ b/drivers/cpufreq/intel_pstate.c
@@ -2984,10 +2984,12 @@ static int intel_cpufreq_cpu_offline(struct cpufreq_policy *policy)
 	 * from getting to lower performance levels, so force the minimum
 	 * performance on CPU offline to prevent that from happening.
 	 */
-	if (hwp_active)
+	if (hwp_active) {
 		intel_pstate_hwp_offline(cpu);
-	else
+	} else {
 		intel_pstate_set_min_pstate(cpu);
+		policy->cur = cpu->pstate.min_freq;
+	}
 
 	intel_pstate_exit_perf_limits(policy);