diff --git a/drivers/thermal/cpufreq_cooling.c b/drivers/thermal/cpufreq_cooling.c
index cc2959f22f01..612f063c1cfc 100644
--- a/drivers/thermal/cpufreq_cooling.c
+++ b/drivers/thermal/cpufreq_cooling.c
@@ -438,13 +438,11 @@ static int cpufreq_set_cur_state(struct thermal_cooling_device *cdev,
 	if (cpufreq_cdev->cpufreq_state == state)
 		return 0;
 
-	cpufreq_cdev->cpufreq_state = state;
-
 	frequency = get_state_freq(cpufreq_cdev, state);
 
 	ret = freq_qos_update_request(&cpufreq_cdev->qos_req, frequency);
-
 	if (ret > 0) {
+		cpufreq_cdev->cpufreq_state = state;
 		cpus = cpufreq_cdev->policy->cpus;
 		max_capacity = arch_scale_cpu_capacity(cpumask_first(cpus));
 		capacity = frequency * max_capacity;