diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
index 8dda62367816..c28ebf2810f1 100644
--- a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
+++ b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
@@ -2528,7 +2528,7 @@ static int cpufreq_boost_set_sw(int state)
 		}
 
 		ret = dev_pm_qos_update_request(policy->max_freq_req, policy->max);
-		if (ret)
+		if (ret < 0)
 			break;
 	}
 
diff --git a/kernel/sched/cpufreq_schedutil.c b/kernel/sched/cpufreq_schedutil.c
index 636ca6f88c8e..867b4bb6d4be 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/cpufreq_schedutil.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/cpufreq_schedutil.c
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ struct sugov_policy {
 	struct task_struct	*thread;
 	bool			work_in_progress;
 
+	bool			limits_changed;
 	bool			need_freq_update;
 };
 
@@ -89,8 +90,11 @@ static bool sugov_should_update_freq(struct sugov_policy *sg_policy, u64 time)
 	    !cpufreq_this_cpu_can_update(sg_policy->policy))
 		return false;
 
-	if (unlikely(sg_policy->need_freq_update))
+	if (unlikely(sg_policy->limits_changed)) {
+		sg_policy->limits_changed = false;
+		sg_policy->need_freq_update = true;
 		return true;
+	}
 
 	delta_ns = time - sg_policy->last_freq_update_time;
 
@@ -437,7 +441,7 @@ static inline bool sugov_cpu_is_busy(struct sugov_cpu *sg_cpu) { return false; }
 static inline void ignore_dl_rate_limit(struct sugov_cpu *sg_cpu, struct sugov_policy *sg_policy)
 {
 	if (cpu_bw_dl(cpu_rq(sg_cpu->cpu)) > sg_cpu->bw_dl)
-		sg_policy->need_freq_update = true;
+		sg_policy->limits_changed = true;
 }
 
 static void sugov_update_single(struct update_util_data *hook, u64 time,
@@ -457,7 +461,8 @@ static void sugov_update_single(struct update_util_data *hook, u64 time,
 	if (!sugov_should_update_freq(sg_policy, time))
 		return;
 
-	busy = sugov_cpu_is_busy(sg_cpu);
+	/* Limits may have changed, don't skip frequency update */
+	busy = !sg_policy->need_freq_update && sugov_cpu_is_busy(sg_cpu);
 
 	util = sugov_get_util(sg_cpu);
 	max = sg_cpu->max;
@@ -831,6 +836,7 @@ static int sugov_start(struct cpufreq_policy *policy)
 	sg_policy->last_freq_update_time	= 0;
 	sg_policy->next_freq			= 0;
 	sg_policy->work_in_progress		= false;
+	sg_policy->limits_changed		= false;
 	sg_policy->need_freq_update		= false;
 	sg_policy->cached_raw_freq		= 0;
 
@@ -879,7 +885,7 @@ static void sugov_limits(struct cpufreq_policy *policy)
 		mutex_unlock(&sg_policy->work_lock);
 	}
 
-	sg_policy->need_freq_update = true;
+	sg_policy->limits_changed = true;
 }
 
 struct cpufreq_governor schedutil_gov = {