diff --git a/kernel/sched/fair.c b/kernel/sched/fair.c
index 0fe30e66aff1..40748dc8ea3e 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/fair.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/fair.c
@@ -3030,7 +3030,14 @@ static int idle_balance(struct rq *this_rq);
 
 #else /* CONFIG_SMP */
 
-static inline void update_load_avg(struct sched_entity *se, int update_tg) {}
+static inline void update_load_avg(struct sched_entity *se, int not_used)
+{
+	struct cfs_rq *cfs_rq = cfs_rq_of(se);
+	struct rq *rq = rq_of(cfs_rq);
+
+	cpufreq_trigger_update(rq_clock(rq));
+}
+
 static inline void
 enqueue_entity_load_avg(struct cfs_rq *cfs_rq, struct sched_entity *se) {}
 static inline void