diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_pm.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_pm.c
index c0901ec47bcf0..f240e8578e00e 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_pm.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_pm.c
@@ -4181,6 +4181,13 @@ static void gen6_init_rps_frequencies(struct drm_device *dev)
 	dev_priv->rps.rp0_freq		= (rp_state_cap >>  0) & 0xff;
 	dev_priv->rps.rp1_freq		= (rp_state_cap >>  8) & 0xff;
 	dev_priv->rps.min_freq		= (rp_state_cap >> 16) & 0xff;
+	if (IS_SKYLAKE(dev)) {
+		/* Store the frequency values in 16.66 MHZ units, which is
+		   the natural hardware unit for SKL */
+		dev_priv->rps.rp0_freq *= GEN9_FREQ_SCALER;
+		dev_priv->rps.rp1_freq *= GEN9_FREQ_SCALER;
+		dev_priv->rps.min_freq *= GEN9_FREQ_SCALER;
+	}
 	/* hw_max = RP0 until we check for overclocking */
 	dev_priv->rps.max_freq		= dev_priv->rps.rp0_freq;