diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 123beb6f11eb..506ecc990c7f 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: a9d3d2068064b7a6395871a49616d3784f802d50
+refs/heads/master: fbb5b89eabea5ae7d621b7861863159560d8faa4
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/cpufreq/powernow-k8.c b/trunk/drivers/cpufreq/powernow-k8.c
index 287c56f6749a..bce576d7478e 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/cpufreq/powernow-k8.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/cpufreq/powernow-k8.c
@@ -1104,7 +1104,8 @@ static int transition_frequency_pstate(struct powernow_k8_data *data,
 	/* get MSR index for hardware pstate transition */
 	pstate = index & HW_PSTATE_MASK;
 	if (pstate > data->max_hw_pstate)
-		return 0;
+		return -EINVAL;
+
 	freqs.old = find_khz_freq_from_pstate(data->powernow_table,
 			data->currpstate);
 	freqs.new = find_khz_freq_from_pstate(data->powernow_table, pstate);