diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/intel_pstate.c b/drivers/cpufreq/intel_pstate.c
index d5ec0c962ec5..6e23376548ce 100644
--- a/drivers/cpufreq/intel_pstate.c
+++ b/drivers/cpufreq/intel_pstate.c
@@ -2207,9 +2207,9 @@ static void intel_pstate_update_perf_limits(struct cpudata *cpu,
 					    unsigned int policy_min,
 					    unsigned int policy_max)
 {
-	int max_freq = intel_pstate_get_max_freq(cpu);
 	int32_t max_policy_perf, min_policy_perf;
 	int max_state, turbo_max;
+	int max_freq;
 
 	/*
 	 * HWP needs some special consideration, because on BDX the
@@ -2223,6 +2223,7 @@ static void intel_pstate_update_perf_limits(struct cpudata *cpu,
 			cpu->pstate.max_pstate : cpu->pstate.turbo_pstate;
 		turbo_max = cpu->pstate.turbo_pstate;
 	}
+	max_freq = max_state * cpu->pstate.scaling;
 
 	max_policy_perf = max_state * policy_max / max_freq;
 	if (policy_max == policy_min) {
@@ -2325,9 +2326,18 @@ static void intel_pstate_adjust_policy_max(struct cpudata *cpu,
 static void intel_pstate_verify_cpu_policy(struct cpudata *cpu,
 					   struct cpufreq_policy_data *policy)
 {
+	int max_freq;
+
 	update_turbo_state();
-	cpufreq_verify_within_limits(policy, policy->cpuinfo.min_freq,
-				     intel_pstate_get_max_freq(cpu));
+	if (hwp_active) {
+		int max_state, turbo_max;
+
+		intel_pstate_get_hwp_max(cpu->cpu, &turbo_max, &max_state);
+		max_freq = max_state * cpu->pstate.scaling;
+	} else {
+		max_freq = intel_pstate_get_max_freq(cpu);
+	}
+	cpufreq_verify_within_limits(policy, policy->cpuinfo.min_freq, max_freq);
 
 	intel_pstate_adjust_policy_max(cpu, policy);
 }