diff --git a/kernel/sched/walt/cpufreq_walt.c b/kernel/sched/walt/cpufreq_walt.c
index d1a46f3a59ee..377f0602c91e 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/walt/cpufreq_walt.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/walt/cpufreq_walt.c
@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@ static unsigned int get_next_freq(struct waltgov_policy *wg_policy,
 
 	if (wg_policy->cached_raw_freq && freq == wg_policy->cached_raw_freq &&
 		!wg_policy->need_freq_update)
-		return wg_policy->next_freq;
+		return 0;
 
 	wg_policy->need_freq_update = false;