diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
index 5efd5550f4ca..b730d6709529 100644
--- a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
+++ b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
@@ -1604,7 +1604,7 @@ static int __cpufreq_set_policy(struct cpufreq_policy *data,
 	memcpy(&policy->cpuinfo, &data->cpuinfo,
 				sizeof(struct cpufreq_cpuinfo));
 
-	if (policy->min > data->min && policy->min > policy->max) {
+	if (policy->min > data->max || policy->max < data->min) {
 		ret = -EINVAL;
 		goto error_out;
 	}