diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/intel_pstate.c b/drivers/cpufreq/intel_pstate.c
index f85056ee6e61..3ed8a0001b2f 100644
--- a/drivers/cpufreq/intel_pstate.c
+++ b/drivers/cpufreq/intel_pstate.c
@@ -933,11 +933,8 @@ static int hybrid_active_power(struct device *dev, unsigned long *power,
 			       unsigned long *freq)
 {
 	/*
-	 * Create "utilization bins" of 0-40%, 40%-60%, 60%-80%, and 80%-100%
-	 * of the maximum capacity such that two CPUs of the same type will be
-	 * regarded as equally attractive if the utilization of each of them
-	 * falls into the same bin, which should prevent tasks from being
-	 * migrated between them too often.
+	 * Create four "states" corresponding to 40%, 60%, 80%, and 100% of the
+	 * full capacity.
 	 *
 	 * For this purpose, return the "frequency" of 2 for the first
 	 * performance level and otherwise leave the value set by the caller.
@@ -970,26 +967,22 @@ static bool hybrid_has_l3(unsigned int cpu)
 static int hybrid_get_cost(struct device *dev, unsigned long freq,
 			   unsigned long *cost)
 {
-	struct pstate_data *pstate = &all_cpu_data[dev->id]->pstate;
-
+	/* Facilitate load balancing between CPUs of the same type. */
+	*cost = freq;
 	/*
-	 * The smaller the perf-to-frequency scaling factor, the larger the IPC
-	 * ratio between the given CPU and the least capable CPU in the system.
-	 * Regard that IPC ratio as the primary cost component and assume that
-	 * the scaling factors for different CPU types will differ by at least
-	 * 5% and they will not be above INTEL_PSTATE_CORE_SCALING.
+	 * Adjust the cost depending on CPU type.
 	 *
-	 * Add the freq value to the cost, so that the cost of running on CPUs
-	 * of the same type in different "utilization bins" is different.
+	 * The idea is to start loading up LPE-cores before E-cores and start
+	 * to populate E-cores when LPE-cores are utilized above 60% of the
+	 * capacity.  Similarly, P-cores start to be populated when E-cores are
+	 * utilized above 60% of the capacity.
 	 */
-	*cost = div_u64(100ULL * INTEL_PSTATE_CORE_SCALING, pstate->scaling) + freq;
-	/*
-	 * Increase the cost slightly for CPUs able to access L3 to avoid
-	 * touching it in case some other CPUs of the same type can do the work
-	 * without it.
-	 */
-	if (hybrid_has_l3(dev->id))
+	if (hybrid_get_cpu_type(dev->id) == INTEL_CPU_TYPE_ATOM) {
+		if (hybrid_has_l3(dev->id)) /* E-core */
+			*cost += 1;
+	} else { /* P-core */
 		*cost += 2;
+	}
 
 	return 0;
 }