diff --git a/kernel/sched/cpufreq_schedutil.c b/kernel/sched/cpufreq_schedutil.c
index 49ccd6f1c185..14405a614991 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/cpufreq_schedutil.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/cpufreq_schedutil.c
@@ -73,6 +73,18 @@ static void sugov_update_rate_limit_us(struct sugov_policy *sg_policy)
 		(s64)sg_policy->tunables->rate_limit_us * NSEC_PER_USEC;
 }
 
+static void sugov_update_rate_limit_us_sync(struct sugov_policy *sg_policy)
+{
+	/*
+	 * Serialize with rate_limit_us_store() to prevent this path from using
+	 * a stale rate limit tunable value to set the limit for the given
+	 * policy.
+	 */
+	guard(mutex)(&sg_policy->tunables->attr_set.update_lock);
+
+	sugov_update_rate_limit_us(sg_policy);
+}
+
 static bool sugov_should_update_freq(struct sugov_policy *sg_policy, u64 time)
 {
 	s64 delta_ns;
@@ -861,7 +873,7 @@ static int sugov_start(struct cpufreq_policy *policy)
 	void (*uu)(struct update_util_data *data, u64 time, unsigned int flags);
 	unsigned int cpu;
 
-	sugov_update_rate_limit_us(sg_policy);
+	sugov_update_rate_limit_us_sync(sg_policy);
 	sg_policy->last_freq_update_time	= 0;
 	sg_policy->next_freq			= 0;
 	sg_policy->work_in_progress		= false;