diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/topology.c b/arch/arm/kernel/topology.c
index da1c611a3b5e..0308342def8c 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/topology.c
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/topology.c
@@ -44,7 +44,13 @@ static DEFINE_PER_CPU(unsigned long, cpu_scale);
 
 unsigned long scale_cpu_capacity(struct sched_domain *sd, int cpu)
 {
+#if CONFIG_CPU_FREQ
+	unsigned long max_freq_scale = cpufreq_scale_max_freq_capacity(cpu);
+
+	return per_cpu(cpu_scale, cpu) * max_freq_scale >> SCHED_CAPACITY_SHIFT;
+#else
 	return per_cpu(cpu_scale, cpu);
+#endif
 }
 
 static void set_capacity_scale(unsigned int cpu, unsigned long capacity)