diff --git a/include/linux/cpufreq.h b/include/linux/cpufreq.h
index 71d186d6933a..3a4cefb25ba6 100644
--- a/include/linux/cpufreq.h
+++ b/include/linux/cpufreq.h
@@ -1021,6 +1021,18 @@ static inline int cpufreq_table_find_index_c(struct cpufreq_policy *policy,
 						   efficiencies);
 }
 
+static inline bool cpufreq_is_in_limits(struct cpufreq_policy *policy, int idx)
+{
+	unsigned int freq;
+
+	if (idx < 0)
+		return false;
+
+	freq = policy->freq_table[idx].frequency;
+
+	return freq == clamp_val(freq, policy->min, policy->max);
+}
+
 static inline int cpufreq_frequency_table_target(struct cpufreq_policy *policy,
 						 unsigned int target_freq,
 						 unsigned int relation)
@@ -1054,7 +1066,8 @@ retry:
 		return 0;
 	}
 
-	if (idx < 0 && efficiencies) {
+	/* Limit frequency index to honor policy->min/max */
+	if (!cpufreq_is_in_limits(policy, idx) && efficiencies) {
 		efficiencies = false;
 		goto retry;
 	}