diff --git a/kernel/sched/cpufreq_schedutil.c b/kernel/sched/cpufreq_schedutil.c
index 28c77904ea749..e51d5ce730be1 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/cpufreq_schedutil.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/cpufreq_schedutil.c
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ static bool sugov_should_update_freq(struct sugov_policy *sg_policy, u64 time)
 
 	if (unlikely(sg_policy->limits_changed)) {
 		sg_policy->limits_changed = false;
-		sg_policy->need_freq_update = true;
+		sg_policy->need_freq_update = cpufreq_driver_test_flags(CPUFREQ_NEED_UPDATE_LIMITS);
 		return true;
 	}
 
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ static bool sugov_update_next_freq(struct sugov_policy *sg_policy, u64 time,
 				   unsigned int next_freq)
 {
 	if (sg_policy->need_freq_update)
-		sg_policy->need_freq_update = cpufreq_driver_test_flags(CPUFREQ_NEED_UPDATE_LIMITS);
+		sg_policy->need_freq_update = false;
 	else if (sg_policy->next_freq == next_freq)
 		return false;