diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_interactive.c b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_interactive.c
index 45a41eb7c4f073..e96d577671338c 100644
--- a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_interactive.c
+++ b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_interactive.c
@@ -445,7 +445,7 @@ static void cpufreq_interactive_timer(unsigned long data)
 					continue;
 
 				max_load = max(max_load, picpu->prev_load);
-				max_freq = max(max_freq, picpu->policy->cur);
+				max_freq = max(max_freq, picpu->target_freq);
 			}
 
 			if (max_freq > up_threshold_any_cpu_freq &&
@@ -1283,6 +1283,7 @@ static int cpufreq_governor_interactive(struct cpufreq_policy *policy,
 			pcpu = &per_cpu(cpuinfo, j);
 			down_write(&pcpu->enable_sem);
 			pcpu->governor_enabled = 0;
+			pcpu->target_freq = 0;
 			del_timer_sync(&pcpu->cpu_timer);
 			del_timer_sync(&pcpu->cpu_slack_timer);
 			up_write(&pcpu->enable_sem);