diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_interactive.c b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_interactive.c
index b4d12b266c64..7303f50a1180 100644
--- a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_interactive.c
+++ b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq_interactive.c
@@ -325,7 +325,12 @@ static u64 update_load(int cpu)
 	now_idle = get_cpu_idle_time(cpu, &now);
 	delta_idle = (unsigned int)(now_idle - pcpu->time_in_idle);
 	delta_time = (unsigned int)(now - pcpu->time_in_idle_timestamp);
-	active_time = delta_time - delta_idle;
+
+	if (delta_time <= delta_idle)
+		active_time = 0;
+	else
+		active_time = delta_time - delta_idle;
+
 	pcpu->cputime_speedadj += active_time * pcpu->policy->cur;
 
 	pcpu->time_in_idle = now_idle;