diff --git a/kernel/sched/cpufreq_schedutil.c b/kernel/sched/cpufreq_schedutil.c
index 848cb47094cd..b1fedf9932d6 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/cpufreq_schedutil.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/cpufreq_schedutil.c
@@ -101,6 +101,9 @@ static void sugov_update_commit(struct sugov_policy *sg_policy, u64 time,
 	if (sg_policy->next_freq == next_freq)
 		return;
 
+	if (sg_policy->next_freq > next_freq)
+		next_freq = (sg_policy->next_freq + next_freq) >> 1;
+
 	sg_policy->next_freq = next_freq;
 	sg_policy->last_freq_update_time = time;