diff --git a/drivers/devfreq/governor_pod_scaling.c b/drivers/devfreq/governor_pod_scaling.c
index 3ffaeb78..cca36999 100644
--- a/drivers/devfreq/governor_pod_scaling.c
+++ b/drivers/devfreq/governor_pod_scaling.c
@@ -799,8 +799,10 @@ static int nvhost_pod_estimate_freq(struct devfreq *df,
 			msecs_to_jiffies(podgov->p_slowdown_delay));
 	}
 
-	if (!(*freq) ||
-	    (freqlist_up(podgov, *freq, 0) == dev_stat.current_frequency))
+	if (!(*freq))
+		*freq = dev_stat.current_frequency;
+
+	if (freqlist_up(podgov, *freq, 0) == dev_stat.current_frequency)
 		return 0;
 
 	podgov->last_scale = now;